Competitions
SUAS 2025
June 24-26, 2025 at St. Mary’s County Regional Airport, California, MD
Teams, Task Ideas and Primer, Team Handbook/Rules (Last Updated: October 22)
Registration (Registration Fee: $1500, Registration Deadline: February 28, 2025)
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SUAS 2024
June 25-27, 2024 at St. Mary’s County Regional Airport, California, MD
Rules, Rankings, Flight Order, and Flight Status
Additional Resources: Mission Waypoints, Mission Score Sheet, Safety Inspection Checklist
Presentations: Team Orientation, Awards Ceremony
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SUAS 2023
A total of 72 teams competed.
Introduced a new mission, merged design & FRR, streamlined onsite.
Rules, Orientation, Rankings, Stats, Presentations, Videos, Photos
SUAS 2022
A total of 71 teams competed.
New venue and first demonstration of multiple flights at one time.
Rules, Orientation, Awards Banquet, Rankings, Papers, Presentations, Photos, Videos
SUAS 2021
A total of 54 teams registered to compete.
Introduced mapping and Interop in the Cloud.
Mission demos cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
SUAS 2020
A total of 78 teams registered to compete.
Introduced flying multiple UAS systems at the same time.
Mission demos cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
SUAS 2019
A total of 75 teams competed.
Introduced an Autonomous Ground Vehicle and real-time planning.
Rules, Awards Banquet, Rankings, Papers, Presentations, Photos, Videos
SUAS 2018
A total of 69 teams competed.
Introduced interop-only ODLC submission (no paper / USB).
Rules, Awards Banquet, Rankings, Papers, Presentations, Photos, Videos
SUAS 2017
A total of 59 teams competed.
Introduced open RF, FRRs on YouTube, interop ODLC, rewritten rules.
Rules, Awards Banquet, Rankings, Papers, Presentations, Photos, Videos
SUAS 2014
A total of 48 teams competed.
SUAS 2013
A total of 45 teams competed.
SUAS 2003