DSARTS

DSARTS: Drone Search and Rescue Training Simulator is a purpose‑built drone search‑and‑rescue training simulator created by real responders who crew the boats, search the shoreline, and fly the drones when someone needs help. What began as a simple 3D modelling exercise in evolving into a fully fledged training platform. One that aims to capture the complexity, uncertainty, and decision‑making challenges of real SAR operations.

Designed for both new pilots, DSARTS provides a safe, repeatable environment to practise search patterns, camera control, and target detection across coastlines, cliffs, with more locations to be added. Every scenario unfolds dynamically, and every target must be found inside the simulation, turning each run into a genuine problem‑solving exercise rather than a pre‑scripted routine.

Operations teams can use DSARTS to run desktop exercises, working through a response cycle: using the initial information, planning the search, allocating resources, adapting to conditions, and reacting as new clues emerge in the sim. Currently the training sim will work alongside a desktop training exercise with IMT integration to be developed.

DSARTS can also support custom locations and scenarios, allowing organisations to train in the environments they operate in. Local beaches, cliffs, rivers, and inland corridors can be integrated to preserve institutional knowledge and strengthen preparedness long before the next real‑world search, contact us for more info.

We want DSARTS to be more than a simulator. We want to build a shared platform where responders and drone operators can learn form each other, experiment, and prepare for the moments that matter.