Publications · 2 min read
Three years of Uncrewed Insights, by topic
From quarterly issues in 2023 to numbered volumes: what our publication has covered, grouped by theme.
Uncrewed Insights is where the research team publishes its own analysis. It started as a quarterly in 2023, moved to numbered volumes in 2024, and has passed 350 pages.
Here's what it has covered, grouped by the publication's themes.
Market & investment
Defense budget analysis has appeared every year: the DoD budget's impact on the industry (2023), the FY2024 and FY2025 RDT&E budgets, and a full analysis of the FY2025 defense budget for uncrewed systems (2025). Alongside it: a mergers and acquisitions report, an economic pulse survey, and an analysis of government contract awards for uncrewed systems.
Policy & regulation
Waiver trends (2023) and a review of 2024's Part 107 waivers, ADS-B, UAS sightings in U.S. airspace, and an advocacy update in most issues.
Technology & innovation
The UAS patent landscape, counter-UAS technology and spending, European drone technologies and use cases, what generative AI could mean for uncrewed systems, and trend reviews for air and maritime systems.
Operations, supply chains & workforce
Mobile ground robots in logistics, global uncrewed vehicle manufacturers and their international supply chains, UK government investment in uncrewed systems, standard occupational classification (SOC) codes, and workforce development with RoboNation.
Voices from the field
Profiles and contributions from across the community, including Western Michigan University, and a first look at a startup field guide for the age of robots and AI.