method
How we work.
Four steps, each documented, so that findings can be repeated and checked by someone else.
Good tradecraft is easy to repeat and easy to check.
Scope
Define the question, the requirement, and the limits before any collection starts.
Collect
Gather publicly available information, with every source documented as we go.
Verify
Test sources and claims. State how confident we are, and why.
Report
Deliver clear, defensible findings with the gaps and next steps called out.
What a traced claim looks like
claim
Beijing Micropilot is designated by the UK but not by the US.
confidence: moderate to high
- primaryUK government notice, 22 Feb 2024: engines found in Russian UAVsreliability: high
- primaryUkraine war-sanctions register, listed May 2026reliability: high
- secondaryOpenSanctions: UK and Ukraine only; no US datasetreliability: high
- secondaryWisconsin Project, Dec 2025: no sanction mentionedreliability: high
- conflictsSame organization's timeline dates the engine ads to 2023, its article to 2013unresolved
Tell us what you need to find out.
Describe the requirement. We reply with a scoping call, not a sales script.