Drone-Delivered Explosive Threats
Drone-delivered explosive threats are reshaping how hazards are encountered by law enforcement, military, and security personnel. Learn how modified munitions, UAV ordnance, and improvised drone IEDs are used—and how to recognize and respond safely when these threats are encountered on the ground.
Grounded Drone Response
Grounded drone response is where detection ends and real operational risk begins. Drones that are crashed, abandoned, recovered, or carrying payloads require disciplined response, not improvisation.
Organizations that prepare personnel for this moment are better positioned to protect lives, preserve evidence, and manage evolving drone threats safely.
If your personnel may be the first to encounter a grounded drone, they need more than awareness. They need training, procedures, and realistic equipment built for the problem.
Grounded Drone Hazard Recognition
Grounded drones can present a wide range of operational risks, including surveillance activity, contraband delivery, hazardous payloads, or intentionally weaponized unmanned aircraft systems.
This training scenario demonstrates how a grounded drone incident might unfold and highlights the importance of hazard recognition and safe response procedures.
Drone Response Training Scenarios
These example Counter-UAS training scenarios help agencies develop drone incident response procedures and conduct realistic exercises without requiring drones to be airborne. These scenarios are designed to improve hazard recognition, reporting, cordon procedures, and grounded drone response training.
Drone Dropped Munitions Identification Guide
Drone dropped explosive hazards are increasingly encountered in military, law enforcement, and security environments. This guide provides identification information and training considerations for common UAS dropped munitions to support Counter-UAS and Drone Incident Response Training.
Welcome to 38 Sierra
We were founded in 2024 with a mission to provide training aids to help first responders learn how to deal with hazards associated with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
We’ve seen first hand that knowing how to identify, report and respond to a grounded sUAS or an associated payload is a critical knowledge gap that is persistent in both the military and public safety realms.
Why We’re here
Looking around, we see a lot of opportunities for knowledge gaps to cause serious problems when it comes to responding to sUAS (small Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and their related threats.
The potential for a significant sUAS incident is an unfortunate reality and the UAS threat doesn’t only exist abroad but is also an emerging domestic issue. So, we’re here because we don’t want to see people who are encountering sUAS end up in a dangerous situation due to a lack of training. You work hard to keep your people safe every day, we’ll provide the tools to help you do that.