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Irish DoD: No Falcon 6X Capability Limitations sans EFVS

Alleged omission of Israeli co-developed FalconEye system under scrutiny

Black Falcon 6X at Baldonnel ramp — The Falcon 6X is operated by the Irish Air Corps from Baldonnell’s Casement Aerodrome. A range of over 5,500 nm allows it to comfortably reach destinations such as the U.S. West Coast. © Altea

By Charlotte Bailey • News Reporter

August 12, 2026

The Irish Department of Defence (DoD) asserts that the Republic of Ireland’s new Dassault Falcon 6X state transport has “no limitations on [its] operational capability” despite reports the government declined the FalconEye enhanced flight vision system due to its Israel-made components. Dassault lists the FalconEye landing aid as a standard feature in its literature, but the Irish DoD contends the system is optional.

According to reporting by Irish newspaper The Journal, the procurement process deliberately opted out of installing a FalconEye landing system in an apparently politically motivated omission. FalconEye was developed in partnership with Israel’s Elbit Systems, and Ireland has often been perceived as sympathetic to Palestine, formally recognizing the latter as an independent state in 2024. At the time, government head Taoiseach Simon Harris described this acknowledgment as “an act of powerful, political, and symbolic value.”

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