DART MAX marksmanship and firearms training simulator

Name: DART MAX firearms training simulator
Brand: DART MAX

More rounds on target. Every week.

One simulator for marksmanship training, judgemental scenarios and de-escalation. Every trigger press is measured, no ammunition is used, and every session ends with a full after action review.

In service with UK and US forces. Delivered and supported worldwide by ShootHouse, exclusive international partner for DART MAX.

Request a demo Marksmanship capability

Soldier firing from prone at a DART MAX marksmanship screen

1–250 mSimulated marksmanship distances

4 lanesPer screen, up to 6 weapons tracked

Under 1 minTo set up a practice

One caseComplete single-screen system

The marksmanship gap

Skills fade between qualification shoots

Live ranges remain essential, but they are expensive, weather-dependent and heavily booked. Between qualification shoots most soldiers and officers fire very few rounds. DART MAX closes that gap by making high-quality marksmanship practice available every day, in any room, at almost no cost per shot.

The challenge

Ammunition, range time and safety staff all limit how often people shoot
Weather and daylight dictate range availability
Instructors see results on paper, not the cause of each miss
Practices differ from range to range, so scores are hard to compare

The DART MAX answer

Laser-based: every trigger press is measured, no ammunition used
Sets up in minutes, in any room, run by one instructor or a single trainee
Shot-by-shot data shows exactly why a group opens up
The same practice rebuilt identically for every shooter, so results are comparable

Marksmanship training

From first zeroing to qualification standard

The range is rendered in real time, not played back from film. Instructors place static, moving or reactive targets at precise distances, change light and weather, and run the same practice identically for every shooter, so scores are directly comparable across a platoon or a training year.

DART MAX outdoor known-distance range with figure targets — Known-distance range

DART MAX qualification range with numbered lanes — Qualification range

Known distance and zeroing

Practise from 1 to 250 m with a ballistic model accounting for bullet drop, windage and environmental factors.

Grouping and shot analysis

Every shot logged with its position and a millisecond timestamp, with groups plotted per shooter and per weapon.

Timed and rapid fire

Set time and ammunition limits, exposure times and engagement sequences for any practice.

Moving targets

Any number of targets, each with its own movement path, speed and behaviour.

Reactive targets

Poppers, steel plates and 3D figures, with up to 15 scoring zones per target and set hits-to-fall.

Multi-lane qualification

Up to four independent lanes on one screen and six weapons tracked at once, each shot attributed to its shooter.

Light and weather

Indoor and outdoor ranges at any time of day, including low light, rain, fog and smoke.

Stoppage drills

Stoppages triggered at set or random intervals to train immediate actions under pressure.

After action review and analytics

Every shot, every decision, on record

A full review is generated automatically the moment a session ends. Instructors can show a trainee exactly what went wrong, shot by shot, and track performance across a course, a unit or a training year.

DART MAX after action review showing shot placement and weapon trace — Shot trace and placement

Four trainees firing across split lanes on one DART MAX screen — Multi-lane qualification

Automatic debrief

Rounds fired, hit positions and timings, ready the moment the session stops.

Shot data

Hit location, grouping and weapon per shot, time-stamped to the millisecond.

Session replay

Frame-by-frame replay of the scenario, with trainee video and audio, including low light.

Fair scoring

Cross-lane shots detected and every hit attributed to the right shooter.

DART Studio™

Your standards. Your courses.

Instructors build courses in DART Studio, the system’s authoring tool. Your own qualification shoots can be recreated exactly, saved and run identically for every trainee, then shared between units so training is consistent across sites. A practice can be set up in under a minute: choose the distance, rounds, time limit, environment and targets, and press start. No dedicated system administrator is needed.

2D paper, 3D, reactive and Smart Targets™
Up to 15 hit zones per target, with custom scoring
Courses built around your own drills, weapons and qualification tests
Share courseware between units and sites

Police officer responding to a street incident scenario in DART MAX

Judgemental scenarios

Decisions, not just accuracy

The same system runs full use-of-force scenarios. Characters respond to actions and verbal commands, and outcomes can be set deliberately or randomised, so trainees can’t predict how a situation will unfold, even on the tenth run.

Mortality settings by body zone, weapon type and armour
Voice recognition: order a suspect to drop the weapon and they comply, resist or escalate
AUFIRE integration for wound simulation on live role players

DART MAX environment: city street — City street

DART MAX environment: office building — Office building

DART MAX environment: rural village — Rural village

DART MAX shoot house scenario in daylight — Day

The same DART MAX shoot house scenario at night — Night

Urban streets, schools, open country and more, in rain, fog or smoke. With RealityScan, scan your own sites by phone or drone and train in a virtual replica within two weeks.

Officer facing a live role player composited into a DART MAX scene with LiveScenarios

De-escalation · LiveScenarios™

Every encounter requires communication

LiveScenarios puts a live role player inside the 3D scene in real time, for true two-way, human-to-human interaction. They see the trainee, respond in any language, use real props and trigger events.

De-escalation and crisis intervention, trained as a conversation, not a script
Several scenarios in under 30 minutes, not role play once or twice a year
Your instructors become the actors, so new scenarios cost nothing to create

Patent pending

The system

One case. Any room.

The single-screen system is a complete training lane that packs into one transit case and sets up in any room with a 4 m wall. When you need more, DART Link networks screens into an edge-blended immersive environment of up to 300°, on the same software.

What’s included

Laptop running DART MAX: DART Range™ for training, DART Studio for course building
IR hit-detection camera, calibrated in around 30 seconds
HD projector, with an optional 4 m screen (a flat white wall works equally well)
Perpetual software licence
Installation and instructor training on site
12 months of software updates and support, then an optional support package

Room requirements

A flat wall or screen around 4 m wide, no direct sunlight on the screen, floor depth to suit the training distances and standard mains power. We confirm the layout from a simple room plan.

Single-screen DART MAX room set-up with an officer training on pistol

Partnership

Exclusive international partner for DART MAX

The manufacturer

Digimation, Inc.

In 3D simulation since 1992. Digimation develops DART MAX, which is used by police and sheriff’s departments, military units, airports and corrections agencies across the United States.

Your partner

ShootHouse

Digimation’s exclusive partner outside the Americas, with training capabilities delivered to police and military forces in more than 25 countries. Global support from our UK headquarters, delivered locally through in-country partners and deployable field teams.

Installation and calibration

On site, by our technical team.

Instructor training

So your team can build and run its own courses.

Export licensing

UK export licence managed by ShootHouse.

Global support

Updates and upgrades, delivered locally through our partner network.

See DART MAX in action

Book a live or remote demonstration of marksmanship, judgemental and de-escalation training.

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