Outback Challenge 2008
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The 2008 UAV Outback Challenge was held between September 22 and 24 and had a combined prize fund of A$70,000.
2008 UAV Challenge Organizers
– Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) (a five-year-long partnership between CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology)
– The Queensland State Government
2008 Search and Rescue Challenge
“The prize for completing the Search and Rescue Challenge was increased to A$50,000. 51 teams from 8 different countries expressed an interest in entering with 17 finally qualifying for the event. As in 2007, teams failed to complete the Search and Rescue mission, with no teams passing stringent flight scrutineering and hence no flights left the airport for the search area.”
2008 High School Payload Delivery Challenge
2008 Search and Rescue Documentary Challenge
2008 High School Documentary Challenge
2008 UAV Challenge Results
| Challenge | Grand prize | Winners | Encouragement awards |
| Search and Rescue Challenge | A$50,000.00 | (not completed) | Telemasters (A$5,000), Missouri S&T UAV Team (A$3,000), QUT SRUAV 08 (A$1,000), Missouri S&T UAV Team (A$500) |
| High School Payload Delivery Challenge | A$10,000.00 | Mueller College – MUROC Bush Pilots | TSHS Mt Lofty (A$500) |
| Search and Rescue Documentary Challenge | A$8,000.00 | Mueller College – MUROC Bush Masters | N/A |
| High School Documentary Challenge | A$2,000.00 | Brisbane Boys’ College – Bash, Burn and Crash | N/A |
News articles relating to the 2008 UAV Outback Challenge
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