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AIAA Announces 2022 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Winners

AIAA Announces 2022 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Winners

AIAA Announces 2022 Structure/Create/Fly (DBF) Winners

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From: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Posted: Sunday, April 24, 2022

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) nowadays announced the winners of the 26th annual AIAA/Textron Aviation/Raytheon Systems Layout/Make/Fly (DBF) Competition:

 

  • 1st Location ($3,000): Ga Institute of Technological know-how, Atlanta, Ga. 
  • Next Place ($2,000): Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach front, Fla.
  • 3rd Spot ($1,500): FH Joanneum University of Utilized Sciences, Austria
  • Very best Report Score ($100): FH Joanneum College of Utilized Sciences, Austria

 

The 2022 opposition returned to an in-individual format hosted by Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kan. Much more than 700 gifted engineering learners produced up 69 university teams (60 teams from the United States, nine worldwide groups) who put in the weekend tests their radio-managed aircraft.

 

This year’s DBF goal was to structure, develop, and test an unmanned aerial auto (UAV) to produce and drop vaccine factors. Missions incorporated deployment of the aircraft, staging of vaccination syringes, and supply of environmentally sensitive vaccine vial packages. Far more details about the mission requirements can be observed on the DBF internet site at aiaa.org/dbf. Abide by DBF on Facebook at @Aiaadbf.

 

“Design/Construct/Fly is a emphasize of the calendar year,” reported Dan Dumbacher, AIAA government director. “Aerospace trains us to adapt to the sudden. It is a very good lesson for pupils as they enter this vivid and significant discipline. Congratulations to the successful teams!”

 

Russ Althof, director of the DBF organizing committee, explained, “We owe our thanks for the accomplishment of the DBF levels of competition to the endeavours of many volunteers from Textron Aviation, Raytheon Systems, and the AIAA sponsoring technological committees: Applied Aerodynamics, Plane Layout, Flight Check, and Design and style Engineering. These volunteers collectively established the principles for the contest, publicize the occasion, obtain entries, judge the written reports, and choose the fly-off in Wichita.”

 

The 2023 DBF Level of competition will be held in April 2023 and hosted by Raytheon Systems in Tucson, Ariz.

 

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Media Get in touch with: Rebecca B. Grey, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell

 

About AIAA

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s most significant aerospace technical society. With practically 30,000 unique members from 91 international locations, and 100 corporate associates, AIAA brings collectively marketplace, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, house, and protection. For far more information and facts, visit www.aiaa.org, or stick to AIAA on TwitterFb, or LinkedIn.

 

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