The primary objective of the Fighter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Hunter Drone Competition is to challenge participants to neutralize aerial targets using a fully autonomous system within a challenging electronic warfare simulation where GNSS signals are jammed.
The mission process begins with the drone autonomously navigating to the area where the fixed-wing target UAV is located by filtering out corrupted and misleading GNSS data. Upon reaching the target area, the system must detect and lock onto the target by distinguishing it from the cluttered background using image processing algorithms at the ground station. Following this tracking phase, the system must autonomously decide to engage, perform a deliberate maneuver toward the target, and complete the mission by delivering a physical strike.
Throughout this entire process, there should be no decision-making mechanism on the flight platform; detection, tracking, and guidance commands must be executed centrally at the ground control station.
High school, university students and graduates can participate in the competition as a team. Companies or initiatives at the graduate level can apply as a team. Competitors will be able to participate in teams of at least 3 and at most 15 people.
The evaluation stages of the competition are as follows;
- Technical Qualification Form
- Algorithm Design Report
- Simulation Flight Evidence Video
- Final Competition
Templates for the reports required to be prepared by participants will be announced on the TEKNOFEST website soon. .
