Cover more ground. Prove where you looked.
MeshCovey helps search-and-rescue teams cover wilderness faster and prove where they looked, even without internet or cellular service.
Searches still run one drone at a time.
Most wilderness searches are flown one drone, one pilot, one screen at a time. Footage gets reviewed by eye, often after the flight. Cell service is often missing where people get lost. And when a search ends, teams rarely have a clear record of which ground was covered and how well.
Four steps, one team.
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Draw the area.
Mark the search area and priorities on the command center.
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Scouts divide it.
Three drones split the area by where the person most likely is, and fly patterns matched to the ground: open slopes, trails, drainages, cliff faces. Spares rotate in during battery swaps.
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A person confirms every find.
Color and thermal cameras flag possible people. A drone holds overhead while an operator confirms or rejects each one.
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See where you looked.
A live coverage map shows which ground is searched and how thoroughly, and exports to the tools you already use. Every pass, alert and decision is kept in a signed, tamper-evident search record.
No internet. No cell service. No problem.
Offline mesh
The drones and command center form their own network. When a satellite link is available, incident command can follow along remotely, but the search never waits on it.
Field kit
Rugged cases, a sunlight-readable command center, quick battery swaps.
Plays well with others
Exports to CalTopo and TAK.
Imagery stays on your command center. No face recognition.
Design goals for the 2027 field program.Help us build it in the field.
We're testing MeshCovey with Arizona search-and-rescue teams in 2027, in real terrain, day and night. Partner teams shape the workflow before anyone else.
Join the field programWhat partners get
- Joint training exercises with your team, scheduled around your calendar
- Early access to the system
- A direct line to the engineers building it
Coverage speed, detection in open and semi-open terrain, setup time, and link reliability. Exercises calibrate how well each sensor sees a person from the air, so coverage maps rest on measurements. Results are shared with partner teams first.
Built in Sedona, for the backcountry.
MeshCovey is built by Damon Abruzere and the MakerCraft shop in Sedona, Arizona. We design and build our own airframes, use US-sourced parts wherever we can, and work alongside the people who run searches.
