Daniel Gettinger is a researcher specializing in manned and unmanned aerospace systems and defence policy. He is an independent consultant and an analyst at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Dan is the founder and former co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, a research institute at Bard College in New York that was active between 2012 and 2020. He is the author of numerous studies on unmanned systems, including 'The Drone Databook', a 2019 publication that delved into the military UAV inventories, units, operations and infrastructure of over 100 countries. Dan holds a B.A. in political studies from Bard College.