Outback Challenge 2007
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The first event was held between September 24 and 27, 2007. It attracted interest from 43 teams from 6 countries of whom 20 submitted full entries.
2007 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
2007 Search and Rescue Challenge
“No teams passed flight scrutineering although Team Dionysus from the USA did demonstrate some autonomous flight at the airport.”
2007 High School Payload Delivery Challenge
“MUROC I, a high school team from Mueller College, won the inaugural Payload Delivery Challenge.”
| Challenge | Grand prize | Winners | Encouragement awards |
| Search and Rescue Challenge | A$40,000.00 | (not completed) | Dionysus |
| High School Payload Delivery Challenge | A$10,000.00 | MUROC I (Mueller College) | N/A |
| Search and Rescue Documentary Challenge | N/A | Dionysus | N/A |
| High School Documentary Challenge | N/A | MUROC Combined | N/A |
News articles relating to the 2007 UAV Outback Challenge
flightglobal.com:
Red Flamingo UAV demonstrates Australian rescue challenge missions
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: