PRESS RELEASE: PLANES, VEHICLES & VESSELS EMBRACE LEO CONNECTIVITY WITH FLAT PANEL ANTENNA SHIPMENTS PROJECTED TO REACH HALF A MILLION BY 2035

Aviation, Maritime, Mobility, Press Releases

London, April 15th, 2026, 11:00 British Summer Time (BST)  Flat panel antennas are moving firmly into the mainstream, with shipments across aviation, land mobility and maritime projected to approach half a million units by 2035, according to Valour Consultancy’s new report titled ‘The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2026’.      The company’s previous analysis, published in 2023, projected flat panel shipments to reach…

An Analyst’s Opinion of PTE 2026: “A Shift in Mindset – From Innovation to Implementation”

Airports, Borders, Industry News

Passenger Terminal World Expo felt as busy and productive as ever this year – a packed schedule of meetings, catch-ups and plenty of candid conversations across the ecosystem. What stood out wasn’t a single breakthrough, but a shift in mindset. For a sector that has traditionally operated in siloes – with border control, passenger processing,…

Key Headlines from Valour Consultancy’s Report on The Future of Autonomous Maritime Vessels – 2026 Edition (Preliminary Data)

Industry News, Maritime

With Valour Consultancy’s Future of Autonomous Maritime Vessels – 2026 Edition nearing release, preliminary findings have been shared with early purchasers and programme participants. The updated data provides valuable insight into the evolving maritime autonomy landscape.  The study examines vessel volumes across the International Maritime Organization’s IMO four degrees of autonomy, alongside key enabling subsystems. Valour Consultancy categorises autonomous maritime technologies…

Can JD.com Succeed Where Others Have Struggled? A Look at Its European Expansion and the Future of Drone Delivery

Aviation, Industry News

While writing Valour Consultancy’s inaugural report on The Future of AAM, we have collected a great detail of data, insight and competitive analysis on the future of drone delivery. The report includes a fleet forecast broken down by Food, Medical and Convenience use cases and region. A more detailed competitive analysis covering companies such as…

How Many Commercial Aircraft has Starlink Actually Connected?

Aviation, Industry News

In its Progress Report 2025, Starlink states that: “In 2025, more than 1,400 commercial aircraft were equipped with Starlink.” The figure seemingly underscores the rapid momentum the satellite operator has achieved in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market and reflects the growing appetite among airlines for low-latency, high-throughput broadband. Within the aviation connectivity industry, however, the…

Who Wins in the LEO Era of IFC in Business Aviation? Valour Consultancy’s Upcoming Report Explores

Aviation

The advent of LEO connectivity has profoundly changed the inflight connectivity (IFC) landscape in business aviation. Last year, Starlink reportedly installed its solution on 800 aircraft – equating to two installs per day. This is an unprecedented growth rate, especially for the aftermarket. It’s also brought the network operator’s total installed base up to 1,000,…

Dead Ringers

Maritime

INTRODUCTION Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tool using Data Enhanced Algorithmically Developed (DEAD) computing. The original algorithms are developed by humans and, if sufficiently sophisticated, they can allow an AI program to develop further algorithms (a set of instructions to be followed in calculations or other operations) based on vast data arrays made available to…

Amazon Leo & Starlink: Q1 2026 Maritime Market Update on LEO VSAT Services

Industry News, Maritime

Latest News of Amazon Leo Amazon’s LEO programme has been known to the market for years as “Project Kuiper”. That era is over. In November 2025, Amazon formally rebranded the initiative as Amazon Leo, framing it as a shift from development milestones towards commercial operations and, crucially, enterprise contracting. The rebrand wasn’t just a “badge…

Airports and Borders Predictions for 2026: A Three-Speed Transition to Contactless Travel

Airports, Borders

Introduction 2026 will act as a stress test for airports and border control infrastructure; rising passenger volumes, biometric capture mandates, expanding pre-approved traveller programmes, and contactless journey ambitions are colliding with legacy systems that were never designed for high-frequency, digital and biometric processing. With this, we see the industry’s response unfolding in a ‘three-speed’ timeline,…

11,700+ Biometric Solutions at Airport Borders Drives Wider Automation in Airports

Airports, Borders

Introduction  With 11,791 biometric border control solutions deployed in airports globally, nations around the world continue to show an appetite in enhancing their border clearance processes through the deployment of automated and biometric technologies. Increasingly, regulations are being put into place that mandate the capture the biographic, biometric, and entry/exit data of travellers; highlighted by the recent introduction of the European Union’s EU Entry-Exit System (EU-EES), the full-scale launch of…