Morocco Launches Aerospace Center

Morocco has launched a project to host a major aerospacecenter in North Africa. EADS has begun construction of an aerospace industrial center for fixed-and rotary-wing civilian and military aircraft in Morocco. On Nov. 26, EADSSocata chief executive officer Jean-Michel Leonard laid the first stone forthe industrial center of EADS Socata's Moroccan subsidiary, Socaero. "We chose Morocco because of its geographical and cultural proximitywith our other sites, as well as for the local competencies -- particularlyin the aeronautical sector, along with the hosting conditions we werelooking for," Leonard said.By jalal Nali