Matthias Monroy

Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Industry Days

  • Europe’s drone agency: Frontex paves the way for military drones in domestic airspace

    Europe’s drone agency: Frontex paves the way for military drones in domestic airspace

    Large drones in Europe are only allowed to fly in restricted airspaces, and until now this has also applied to the military. Operations by the EU border agency Frontex are changing that. With maritime drones, a new dimension of militarisation follows. The EU border agency stationed an Israeli long-range drone called “Heron 1” in Malta […]

  • Frontex Files: The Military-Border Police Complex

    Frontex Files: The Military-Border Police Complex

    Following Freedom of Information requests, the EU Border Agency has released over one hundred presentations, most of which feature companies promoting their military technologies for securing Europe’s external borders. Deployments to counter migration use drones, satellites, high-resolution cameras and radars, pattern and behaviour recognition, and lead-free ammunition. As announced in advance, the German TV “ZDF […]