EDITORIAL POLICY
How we decide what to publish.
Who publishes Drone Intelligence, what we cover, and how to report an error.
EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES
Five principles.
These apply to everything we publish.
PRINCIPLE 01
House byline
Our work is published under the Drone Intelligence name by PB Digital Holdings Limited, which is accountable for everything on this site.
PRINCIPLE 02
Source priority over speed
We would rather be right than first. If we cannot yet check a story to the standard on our methodology page, we wait.
PRINCIPLE 03
Named sources
Factual claims name their source: an official record, a company statement, independent reporting or a market estimate. A claim with only one weaker source is attributed to it, not stated as settled fact; a claim with no source is left out. The detail is on our methodology page.
PRINCIPLE 04
Scope discipline
We cover drones and autonomous systems, and stay within that scope.
PRINCIPLE 05
AI assistance
We use AI tools to assist research, drafting and checking. Responsibility for what we publish remains with PB Digital Holdings Limited. AI-generated material is subject to the same sourcing and editorial standards as other content.
Publisher and corrections.
Drone Intelligence is published by PB Digital Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, under a house byline.
To report an error, email editor@droneintelligence.ai with the page URL, the claim and the source you believe contradicts it. Other enquiries: info@droneintelligence.ai.
DECISIONS WE MAKE
What goes in. What stays out.
How these decisions are made.
What gets covered
Developments that change the commercial or regulatory picture: significant contract awards, regulatory changes, funding and ownership changes, and shifts in the supply chain. We generally skip routine product launches and marketing announcements.
How long a briefing should be
A Signal Dossier is meant to be read in one sitting. Length follows what the subject needs.
When we update an intelligence page
Reference pages are updated when the underlying picture changes, and each shows the date it was last updated.
When we hold a story
If a claim central to a briefing cannot be checked to the standard on our methodology page, we hold the briefing. Commercial considerations do not decide this.