Insights

Analysis from the research team.

How we read the budget, what the registration data shows, and how we build the datasets in the first place.

Defense budget

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.

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Market data

FAA registration records are public, messy and underused. Cleaned and matched to aircraft specs, they map the country's drone fleet.

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Methodology

One spec sheet is easy to find. Ten thousand that agree on units, fields and status are not. How USRD does it.

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Publications

From quarterly issues in 2023 to numbered volumes: what our publication has covered, grouped by theme.

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