Irish Prime Minister’s Jet Lacks Israeli Navigation System, Raising Fog-Landing Concerns
The Telegraph: Irish prime minister’s “jet could struggle to land in fog after it was bought without an Israeli navigation system.”
Anti-Israel boycotters scored another own goal, as the Irish prime minister’s plane cannot land in fog after his government forced the removal of an Israeli-made aviation system.
Ireland’s government, in keeping with its 2024 ban on Israeli defense technology, ordered the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault to deliver its new $61 million executive jet without the built-in Israeli navigation system designed for low-visibility and fog.
“The new government jet may struggle to land in fog and bad weather because it was ordered without a navigational system which is made by an Israeli company,” Irish newspaper The Journal reported Monday. The 14-passenger Dassault Falcon 6X is meant “for transport of ministers and the Taoiseach (prime minister),” the daily noted.
FalconEye, developed by Israel’s Elbit Systems, is critical for navigating Ireland’s notoriously foggy and bad weather. “Mounted in the aircraft’s nose, FalconEye combines infrared cameras and advanced sensors to provide pilots with enhanced visibility during approaches in poor weather or darkness,” the technology news outlet C-Tech explained. “Dassault says the system gives crews ‘unprecedented all-weather situational awareness’ and can enable landings in conditions that would otherwise force aircraft to divert.”
The Telegraph reported Tuesday:
The Irish taoiseach’s [prime minister’s] jet could struggle to land in fog after it was bought without an Israeli navigation system he banned over the war in Gaza.
The €53m (£45m) Dassault Falcon 6X is usually equipped with a FalconEye system, made by Israeli defence company Elbit Systems.
But Micheál Martin’s government was forced to purchase the aircraft from a French firm without it after Ireland blacklisted all Israeli defence technology in 2024.
Kevin Phipps, a former Irish Air Corps pilot, said the missing system provided “the ability to land in fog when other aircraft would have to divert to another airport”.
For the Israeli system to be included in the Falcon 6X, the Irish government would have to enter a written agreement with Elbit.
Procurement officials in Ireland decided this was a step too far for Ireland and asked that the system not be included, the Irish Journal reported.
However, four new Irish air corps helicopters were still delivered with flight systems manufactured by Elbit as the aircraft would not be operational without them. (…)
The Dassault Falcon 6X was introduced in December 2025 to replace the government’s Lear jet. (…)
The jet was manufactured by Dassault Aviation, a French aerospace company. It describes the FalconEye as a system of cameras and sensors providing “unprecedented all-weather situational awareness, day or night, in any phase of flight”.
The equipment is fed to a display in the cockpit used by the pilots as they approach landing.
The Irish government, a coalition of Green and center-right parties, is leading the push for the anti-Israel boycott within the European Union. The Irish boycott goes beyond technology to include academics, sports, and entertainment.
While appeasing the country’s Islamists and leftists with publicized boycotts, the Irish military continues to induct defense systems that run on Israeli technology. “Despite the government’s policy, several other aircraft recently ordered for the Irish military contain Israeli technology that could not easily be excluded,” Israel’s Ynetnews observed. “Four Airbus helicopters being built for the Irish Air Corps include Helionix avionics developed by Airbus with technology supplied by Elbit. Those systems are considered integral to the helicopters and cannot be removed without changing the aircraft’s basic configuration.”
It is worth noting that Germany deploys Israeli-made Arrow missile defense systems to safeguard EU airspace.
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So a fair weather plane?
The Irish Prime Minister doesn’t need to fly anywhere.
The Irish Prime Minister needs to focus on sending the migrants flying back to their home countries.
The Irish Prime Minster won’t, because the Irish Prime Minister belongs to an internationalist class of traitors and deserves a bad landing on a foggy day, preferrably into a migrant camp.
Insanity on full display in Ireland.
Israel should point out all the medical technology Ireland uses that comes from Israel.
Not mentioned anywhere in the article is whether similar technology exists elsewhere that they could have bought. Is this exclusive tech, or just one version of a tech in the market?
With aircraft, these kinds of integrated systems are rarely plug and play in terms of alternatives. The competing tech would have to be integrated, tested, certified, and would get oddly expensive for a single petulent customer, so the French are not going to do it unless paid.
FalconEye is inbuilt system for Dassault executive jets. I mentioned it in the post.
I seriously hope it crashes. I have no use for these antisemitic aholes and neither does anyone else realistically.
We can only hope they free Palestine on their way to a crash landing ; next time maybe they can use Hamas tech to help with their airplane ? Who likes fireworks?
I’m anticipating a new episode of Air Disasters.
Fog a big problem in Israel?
“Israeli tech handles fog better than Irish tech.” Don’t that beat all?
They have good odds busting CAT II minimums on any legit ILS with published CAT II (or greater) minimums per ICAO
Under CAT II, you’re brought 100′ above the threshold
My first actual night IMC experience was a landing at Nantucket. The fog topped out around 1200′ MSL . The runway environment came into view at 200 feet, standard CAT I minimums
So PM…. you have to think was that fog 1/2 mile visibility or below minimums? Do you feel lucky… do you? The PM should opt for the Hamas All Weather Solution…. a guaranteed 72 virgins or your money back.
I wonder if the Israel’s have a fog machine in their arsenal?
Oh, the Irish dhimmi lovers of Islamofascistm/Muslim supremacism are so virtuous, holy and righteous, shunning Jewish/Israeli-made technology.
So stunning and brave.
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