View the complete 2023 Challenge results

Full 2023 Award Winners

• Grand Champion – Team ATA – Istanbul Technical University
• Runner Up – Team Dodo – University of Surrey
• 3rd Place – Loughborough UAV – Loughborough University
• Innovation Award – Team ATA – Istanbul Technical University
• Design Award – IIT Bombay / Loughborough UAV
• Simulation Award – ASPIRE - University of Western Macedonia
• Scrutineering Award – IIT Bombay
• Safety Award – Loughborough UAV – Loughborough University
• Environmental Award – Loughborough UAV – Loughborough University
• Airworthiness Award – Loughborough UAV – Loughborough University
• Operational Supportability Award – UCL Nov - UCL
• Business Proposition Award – UAS2023 - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
• Most Promise Award – LUNA – University of Leicester
• Advancement Award – IIT Bombay
• Media and Engagement Award – Aero Watt Heriot Watt University

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Full 2022 Award Winners

• Grand Champion – Team Peryton Heron, University of Surrey
• Runner Up – ANTHUS, Queen’s University Belfast
• 3rd Place – HORUS UPV, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)
• Virtual Champion – Team Wrise, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
• Innovation - ANTHUS, Queen’s University Belfast
• Design – Loughborough UAV, Loughborough University
• Scrutineering - ANTHUS, Queen’s University Belfast
• Safety - Team Peryton Heron, University of Surrey
• Airworthiness - HORUS UPV, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)
• Operational Supportability – DMU Fliers, DeMontfort University
• Business Proposition – Team Foxtrot, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of engineering sciences and technology
• Most Promise – Automec, Universidade de Aveiro
• Highest place new entrant - HORUS UPV, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)
• Media and Engagement - DroneTeam Twente, University of Twente

View the complete 2020 Challenge results

Full 2020 results

• Design:  Queen’s University Belfast
  Highly Commended: University of Huddersfield, University of Southampton, Imperial College London
• Highest Placed New Entrant:  Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Team ANTS, Bangladesh
• Innovation: University of Twente 
  Runner Up: University of Huddersfield
• Safety & Airworthiness: Brunel University 
  Highly Commended: Open University, University of Huddersfield, UCL, Imperial College London
• Business Proposition Award: Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Team ANTS, Bangladesh 
  Runner Up: Queen’s University Belfast
• Media and Engagement Award: Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Team ANTS, Bangladesh
  Runner Up: University of Huddersfield

Fly Off results:

• Grand Champion - University of Surrey
• Runner up - Loughborough University
• 3rd place - Heriot Watt University
• Highest Placed New Entrant - Heriot Watt University
• Innovation - Loughborough University
• Design - Loughborough University
• Safety - Loughborough University
• Business Proposition - Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
• Media and Engagement - Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
• Scrutineering - Imperial College
• Airworthiness - Imperial College
• Operational Supportability - Loughborough University
• Most Promise - Imperial College

Online event results:

• Most promise: University of Twente - DronteTeam Twente
• Environment: University of Moratuwa - Mora Avions
• Safety: National University of Sciences and Technology - NUST Airworks
• Design: Islamic University of Technology – ANTS
• Innovation: Swansea University - blueswan
• Highest placed new entrant: Democritus University of Thrace - Democritus Aeronautical Rescue Team ( DART)
• 3rd place: University of Moratuwa - Mora Avions
• Runner up: National University of Sciences and Technology - NUST Airworks
• First place: University of Petroleum and Energy studies – Wrise

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2018 UAS Challenge results

• Grand Champion – Team Hedef, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• Runner Up – Team Athena, University of Southampton
• 3^rd Place –Team Hawk, University of Huddersfield

• Innovation Award – Team Bath Drones, University of Bath
• Design Award– Team Horus, University of Southampton
• Scrutineers Award– Project Bentham, UCL
• Safety & Airworthiness – Team Hedef, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• Business Proposition – Project Bentham, UCL
• Most Promise –The design that has triggered the most discussion (and not just amongst the judges) - Team Nova, UCL
• Highest Place New Entrant – National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan
• Media Engagement - National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Judges' Commendation certificates:

• Runner up for Media engagement – Team Mora Avions – University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
• For the best FRR Video (by loads) – Team Hedef, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• Pakistan Teams for encouraging other to participate and attempting to launch a local competition.

• Teams registered to compete: 17

Overall champions - Bath University

Winners of the other categories

• Design – Bath University
• Innovation – Bath University
• Most Viable Business Proposition – University of Dundee
• Safety and Airworthiness – Huddersfield University
• Autonomous/Automatic Operations – Loughborough University
• Manufacturing – Istanbul Technical University
• Navigation Authority – Southampton (Valkyrie)
• Environmentally friendly – Queens University Belfast
• Most Promise – University of the West of England
• Most Promise - University of the West of England
• Endurance - Loughborough University
• Payload Delivery - Southampton (Olympus)

Teams registered to compete: 13

Overall champions - University of Loughborough

Winners of the other categories:

• Design – University of Loughborough
• Innovation – University of Southampton 
• Most Viable Business Proposition – University of Sheffield
• Safety and Airworthiness – University of Southampton 
• Autonomous/Automatic Operations – University of Southampton 
• Manufacturing – University of Loughborough
• Viable Operational System – University of Loughborough
• Environmentally friendly – University of Glasgow
• Most Promise – University of Glasgow

Teams registered to compete: 12

Overall champions - University of Southampton

Winners of the other categories:

• Design – University of Loughborough
• Most Viable Business Proposition – University of Loughborough
• Safety and Airworthiness – University of Nottingham
• Autonomous/Automatic Operations – University of Southampton 
• Manufacturing – University of Liverpool
• Most Promise – Sheffield Hallam University (with a mention/commendation for Swansea University)
• Flying Operations – University of Southampton