Dallas Analytics

Dallas Analytics
Logo of the Dallas Analytics company (used since 2026)
Type of site
Private company
Available inEnglish, Ukrainian
URLdallas-analytics.com
CommercialYes
Launched10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)
Current statusOnline
Content license
CC BY-SA 4.0

Dallas Analytics (Ukrainian: Приватна розвідувальна компанія Dallas Analytics) is a Ukrainian private intelligence and research organisation. The organisation focuses on evaluating and countering Russia’s defence-industrial base and wartime economy by providing researchers, media entities, and policy experts with primary-source data, empirical analysis, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and proprietary research databases.

The founding team has monitored and documented Russian defence procurement, sanctions evasion networks, state security organs, and foreign facilitating actors since 2014 through various investigative initiatives and research partnerships. In 2025, the group formally established Dallas Analytics to institutionalise these efforts, expanding its core team of analysts and security experts while building a broader international research community.

To advance public-interest reporting, the organisation maintains proactive cooperation with global media outlets, providing journalists and newsrooms with data-backed expert commentary, customised datasets, and investigative research infrastructure[1].

Partnerships

The organisation shares its analytical research and open-source intelligence with Ukrainian public institutions and international bodies focused on defence, national security, and sanctions enforcement.

In addition, Dallas Analytics regularly collaborates on investigative projects with leading media organisations and analytical groups, notably United24 Media, The Insider, and Frontelligence Insight.

The organisation's research, empirical datasets, and analytical findings have been cited and featured by major international broadsheets, business publications, and specialized defence media, including The Financial Times[2], Forbes[3], Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung[4], El País[5], Defense News[6], The Moscow Times[7], and Aerospace Global News[8].

Operational activities

Dallas Analytics employs a multi-disciplinary research methodology combining open-source intelligence (OSINT), quantitative data analytics, and targeted primary-source collection. The organisation synthesises large-scale empirical datasets alongside specialised research repositories to map complex defence supply chains, procurement networks, and state-backed evasion mechanisms[1].

Research & Key Investigations

Dallas Analytics publishes empirical investigations and strategic analyses examining Russian defence-industrial capabilities, sanctions evasion, and state security operations. Key analytical publications and primary-source disclosures include:

  • Strategic Missile Readiness (RS-28 Sarmat): Publishing internal defence-industry correspondence demonstrating that Russia's RS-28 Sarmat ICBM remained in testing stages despite official claims of combat deployment, exposing pricing disputes and manufacturing delays between Roscosmos entities[9].
  • Space Sector Procurement & Foreign Industrial Tooling: Documenting the acquisition of foreign industrial machinery by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and analysing the trade networks of East Asian suppliers facilitating hardware delivery to Russian military space initiatives[10][11].
  • Precision Weapon Component Diversion: Evaluating internal production documentation and microchip procurement files to establish verified manufacturing volumes and supply bottlenecks for Kh-101 cruise missiles, including the diversion of Austrian-manufactured electronic components[12][13][14].
  • Military Transport & Strategic Aviation Maintenance: Disclosing technical records from the Russian aerospace enterprise JSC Aviaremont, detailing systemic engineering failures and maintenance backlogs within the Antonov (An) military transport fleet[15][16].
  • Energy & Industrial Supply Chain Evasion: Uncovering illicit procurement channels used to supply sanctioned oil extraction hardware and industrial automotive components to Russian and Belarussian state enterprises[17][18].
  • Maritime Sanctions Evasion & Shadow Fleet Architecture: Examining internal correspondence from state shipping entities (such as Sovcomflot), crewing agencies, and vessel masters to map the human infrastructure, fraudulent flag registries, and ship-to-ship (STS) transfer tactics sustaining Russian seaborne crude oil exports[19][20].
  • State Information Control (AZAL Flight 8243): Documenting state-directed information management and identity obfuscation procedures surrounding casualty records from the AZAL Flight 8243 crash[21].

Analytical materials

"Oreshnik" guidance system analysis. On June 16, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War published[22] a brief summary of a Dallas Analytics investigation detailing the structural, organizational, and technical issues contributing to the low strike precision of the Russian "Oreshnik" ballistic missile. The investigation relied on intercepted email correspondence between lead engineers and managers overseeing the production of the missile's guidance systems, alongside an analysis of missile remains collected from impact sites in Ukraine. The report concluded that the contemporary Russian defense industry is unable to replicate Soviet-era missile guidance technologies (gyroscopes). Furthermore, Russia faces substantial difficulties in developing new guidance systems using modern components, largely due to international sanctions and an inability to manufacture advanced electronics domestically. These findings generated significant media attention, particularly within the Russian-language press[23][24][25]. On July the 6th Forbes published an interview of the Dallas representative stating that the Oreshnik is no conventional "wonder weapon," but an expensive system with significant accuracy limitations that is unlikely to alter conditions at the front. Instead, "the true target of the Oreshnik is the West" as Moscow uses the weapon to signal escalation while projecting strength at home[3].

References

  1. 1 2 Dallas site description
  2. ↑ Ukraine’s drones dent Russia’s war-fuelled oil windfall
  3. 1 2 Russia's Oreshnik Missile Matters More For Deterrence Than Destruction
  4. ↑ Eine Wunderwaffe aus alten Komponenten?
  5. ↑ Las petroleras rusas exploran cómo frenar los drones ucranios
  6. ↑ Investigation: Russian shadow airlines use Algeria as base for secretive missions
  7. ↑ Sarmat Missile Held Back by Repeated Delays Despite Kremlin Boasts, Leaked Documents Show
  8. ↑ Leaked Russian minutes point to major Mi-8 helicopter production ramp-up
  9. ↑ Fielded on Paper: How Russia Declared Sarmat ICBM Operational Before It Could Build It
  10. ↑ Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: The Foreign Machinery Behind Russia’s Space Militarisation
  11. ↑ How Asian Companies Respond to Evidence of Involvement in Russia’s Military Space Programme
  12. ↑ Document leaks: How many X-101 missiles Russia produces and which foreign parts uses
  13. ↑ Microchips for Russian Missiles – Documents
  14. ↑ Russia uses Austrian components to manufacture missiles
  15. ↑ Maintained to Fail: Russia’s Military Aircraft Crisis in Its Own Words
  16. ↑ Russia’s Shadow Airlift: How the Kremlin Weaponised Commercial Aviation
  17. ↑ U.S. Oilfield Giant SLB Still Profits from Russia Despite Sanctions
  18. ↑ Oilfield Services Giant SLB Serves Rosneft – Despite New U.S. Sanctionss
  19. ↑ Russian Shadow Fleet: An Inside Perspective
  20. ↑ Shadow Fleet’s Silent Enablers: How Russian Crewing Companies Keep the Oil Flowing
  21. ↑ Hiding the Unhideable: How Russia Manipulates Air Crash Statistics
  22. ↑ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16, 2026
  23. ↑ «Орешник», ответь «Далласу»!
  24. ↑ No new “Oreshnik” launch? / The Kremlin lost its main trump card
  25. ↑ Косой «Орешник»
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