London, May 6th, 2026, 12:30 British Summer Time (BST) Valour Consultancy, a provider of premium market intelligence and consulting services, is delighted to announce that it has today been honoured with its third King’s Award for Enterprise. The company, which also won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2020 and the inaugural King’s Award for…
The proposed €1.2 billion acquisition of IDEMIA’s Public Security (IPS) division by Amadeus IT Group marks a significant step in the continued convergence of travel technology and government border infrastructure. It is also one of the most consequential developments in the evolution of the airport and border technology ecosystem in recent years, following several other…
A new battle for the future of in-flight connectivity (IFC) is taking shape – and this time, one of the world’s most powerful technology companies is entering the arena. Valour Consultancy’s lead IFEC analyst, David Whelan, is set to begin work on our forthcoming “Amazon Leo: Aviation Deep Dive – 2026” report this May, offering…
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…
Introduction At the start of 2026, Navarino Group announced a partnership with ICG, which saw the global asset manager acquire a stake in Navarino, leading to an agreement between the group’s founders, Dimitris and Panos Tsikopoulos, to buy out Viasat’s minority 49 per cent stake in the entity. This move won’t surprise many industry folk,…
Walking the floor at PTE 2026 in London, several things stood out to me: the hustle and bustle of the event, the conversations happening around me, and, of course, the solutions on show that promise to reshape the passenger journey. However, one of the most striking aspects was the fragmented nature of the event. There…
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,…
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…
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…
In its Progress Report 2025, Starlink states that: “In 2025, around 6,500 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 figure…
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,…
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…
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