Database
Uncrewed Systems & Robotics Database
The reference library for uncrewed hardware.
- Air
- 6,300+platforms
- 1,900+ makers
- Ground
- 2,300+platforms
- 850+ makers
- Maritime
- 1,350+platforms
- 550+ makers
AUVSI Research
Clear answers for the uncrewed economy.
We track the platforms, the money and the operators behind uncrewed systems, so your next product, bid or investment starts from evidence.
- Air6,300+ platforms
- Ground2,300+ platforms
- Maritime1,350+ platforms
- systems profiled
- 10,000+
- operator organizations
- 46K+
- FY2026 uncrewed defense request
- $15B
- of continuous collection
- 15+ yrs
What we offer
Four ways to put our research to work.
Subscribe to the datasets, read the analysis, or bring us the question and let our analysts answer it.
Registrations
Federal UAS Registration Intelligence
Know who flies what, and where.
1M+registered commercial and recreational drones
Defense spending
Federal Defense Spending Intelligence
Follow every defense dollar aimed at uncrewed systems.
$15Buncrewed funding in the FY2026 request
Analysis & insights
Uncrewed Insights
Our analysis, published.
350+pages of analysis to date
How we work
From scattered sources to one standard.
Every product starts the same way: we find the data, make it consistent, and only then draw conclusions.
- 01
Collect
Manufacturer specifications, budget justification documents, federal registration records and what we learn on show floors.
- 02
Normalize
Every record gets the same fields and both metric and imperial units. Duplicates and alias names are merged.
- 03
Analyze
Year-over-year change, market share, program growth: the patterns that only show up once the data lines up.
- 04
Advise
Analysts who built the datasets answer your question directly, in a briefing or as a custom study.
Uncrewed Insights
What we've published on.
Since 2023 our publication has covered the market, the policy and the technology behind uncrewed systems.
- Defense budget analysis
- UAS patent landscape
- Part 107 waiver trends
- Counter-UAS
- European drone technology
- Generative AI for autonomy
- Ground robots in logistics
- Government contract awards
- International supply chains
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Maritime systems
- UAS sightings in U.S. airspace
- Workforce development
- ADS-B
Latest analysis
Insights from the team.
Defense budget
What the FY2026 defense request says about uncrewed systems
Roughly $15 billion, more than 500 programs, and a reconciliation bill on top. How we read the request, and why it's only the opening number.
2 min read
Market data
A million registrations: who flies drones in the U.S.
FAA registration records are public, messy and underused. Cleaned and matched to aircraft specs, they map the country's drone fleet.
2 min read
Methodology
How we keep 10,000 uncrewed systems comparable
One spec sheet is easy to find. Ten thousand that agree on units, fields and status are not. How USRD does it.
2 min read
The team
Analysts, engineers, and the people you'll talk to.
The people who build the datasets are the ones who answer your questions about them.
Have a question the data should answer?
Our account managers set up subscriptions, data licenses and custom studies. Tell us what you're deciding, and we'll show you what the data says.