EU-EES: Inside the €915 Million Border Overhaul — What Comes Next for Europe’s Entry/Exit System?

Airports, Industry News

Introduction   In Part I, we examined what the EU Entry/Exit System (EU-EES) is, how it differs to legacy border control processes and the challenges that caused its delayed launch. In this follow-up, we move beyond this to explore the unexpected opportunities the system creates for both vendors and government agencies, the impact of remote enrolment,…

Flat Panel Antennas: Power Rankings. There Are Many Like It But This One Is Mine!

Aviation, Maritime, Mobility

In June 2023, I published Valour’s first study focussed on The Future of Flat Panel Antennas destined for Comms-On-The-Move (COTM) applications (aviation, land and maritime). One of the primary objectives of the study was to identify which of the many vendors developing electronically steered antennas (ESAs) would go on to succeed. At the time, more…

What Exactly is the EU-EES?

Airports, Industry News

Biometrics captured…entry granted…exit recorded! The European Union Entry–Exit System (EU-EES) was first proposed as a concept in 2008 as part of a communication focused around preparing the next steps for border management in the European Union (EU) by the European Commission (EC).  Essentially, the EU-EES is a digitally leveraged system that aims to capture and…