Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Jacqui McCrum:
I will start on this. I will not list all of the aircraft we have. We have invested in two C295 military aircraft. We have another one due this year that is specifically for military transport. A strategic reach aircraft has also been ordered and will be available in December. There are other projects being looked at through what is called a capability development plan. That is a top-down capability development programme that is headed up by a civilian but is managed by civil and military personnel. Those projects will run over a 12-year period. They will identify where we have to replace some of our ageing aircraft, as the Chief of State referenced, and where we have to invest in new types of capability as well.
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