A Virginia-based counter-UAS training company has launched a program focused on the phase of a drone incident that most training programs ignore entirely: what to do after the drone is already on the ground.

38 Sierra announced Drone Incident Response Training, known as DIRT, on May 5, 2026, from Barboursville, Virginia, positioning it as a purpose-built response to an operational gap in how security personnel, law enforcement, and military units handle grounded, crashed, suspicious, or potentially weaponized unmanned aircraft systems. The counter-UAS training industry has concentrated heavily on detection, airspace monitoring, and interdiction — the skills needed to spot and stop a drone in the air. DIRT starts where most programs stop.