Unmanned Systems Tracker
unmannedsystemstracker.com →An open database of unmanned systems observed in contemporary armed conflict.
The Unmanned Systems Tracker is a continuously updated public dataset documenting the unmanned aerial, ground, and maritime systems present in current conflicts — with the ongoing war in Ukraine as its empirical centre of gravity. Entries are compiled from open sources (manufacturer disclosures, verified combat footage, official statements, and reporting) and organised against a common taxonomy of platform type, role, and operator.
The project exists because the pace at which unmanned systems proliferate has outrun the conventional reference literature. Analysts, journalists, and researchers routinely need a single authoritative answer to straightforward questions — what is this system, who builds it, where has it been seen — and no existing public resource consolidates that information with the rigour that open-source methodology now allows.
The tracker also publishes original analysis drawn from the underlying data, including ongoing work on Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces strike performance and the evolving role of FPV systems on the modern battlefield. The dataset itself is freely accessible and the methodology is documented in full.