Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Philip Hughes:

They are above everybody. Absolutely. That is already happening. The whole area of higher-airspace operations is really interesting because there are developments such that, in that airspace, there will be what are essentially giant balloons put up by the likes of Google to provide 5G services. There is also the proposed return of supersonic aircraft, which the US is developing. It is a very interesting piece. There is then the other impact of space operations. I know I am digressing slightly. A number of states are starting to------