Category Archives: Student News

2017 Student UAS Competition Sponsorship Call

[wpdm_package id=2419 template=”link-template-calltoaction3.php”] USC is grateful to the sponsors who have generously contributed to the success of many competitions. To have your name associated with this world class event please contact [email protected].  Support the best and the brightest as they test their skills  28 – 30 April, Alma PQ. Last years competition attracted 18 teams from […]

2017 Student Unmanned Aircraft Systems Competition

Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 9th Student Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Competition for 2017. The competition takes place in two phases with Phase I, a design report from each team due January 13th, 2017 and Phase II, the flying demonstration, April 28 – 30th, 2017 in […]

University of Sherbrooke – VAMUdeS – Wins AUVSI Student UAV Competition

Unmanned Systems Canada congratulates the University of Sherbrooke on having won the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International Student UAV competition held in Patuxent River Maryland, USA this week. Pitted against 24 teams who had qualified for the final flying phase from the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel and India the Sherbrooke VAMUdeS team took […]

2016 Student UAS Competition Winners -Compétion étudiante de drones 2016 Résultats finaux

Southport, MB – May 2nd, 2016 – Fourteen university student teams from across Canada competed in the Operational Phase of the 8th Unmanned Systems Canada UAS Student Competition hosted by Southport MB.  Phase 1, the design paper, attracted 18 teams and 14 competed in Phase 2 this past weekend. Le comité organisateur félicite l’équipe VAMUdeS […]

Student Competition – Call for Sponsors

A record 18 teams, representing the best and brightest from Canadian universities and colleges have registered for this year’s UAS student competition.  A challenging precision agriculture scenario will test their engineering, program management, innovation and leadership skills.  Their first deadline will be the submission of their system design report due January 15th.   If all the […]

Record 18 Teams Register for Student UAS Competition

10 November 2015         Students at Canadian Universities have responded in record numbers to the 2016 Unmanned Systems Canada Student UAS Competition. A total of 18 teams from across Canada have registered for the event. First time competitors from Western, Guelph and McGill will add excitement and new input to this 9th annual challenge. In search […]

2015 Competition Results

Alma, QC – May 1-3, 2015 – Thirteen university student teams from across Canada competed in the Operational Phase of the 7th Unmanned Systems CanadaUAV Student Competition hosted by, Centre d’excellence des drones– CED Alma  QC. Congratulations to VAMUdeS – Université de Sherbrooke for winning 1st Place on May 3, 2015.  Phase 1, the design paper, […]