Hi everyone,

Rijesh, Jorge, Sebastian, Johnathan, Andrew, and I have arrived safely in Lexington Park, Maryland for the 2016 AUVSI Student UAS Competition. This will be a quick update, as the only competition event today was the team check-in and briefing.

The plane in the crate, VERY nicely packed.

We learned today at the briefing that out of the 46 teams originally registered, only 24 teams (including, of course, us) made it to competition. Only ~30 teams managed to submit a journal paper, and more teams dropped off during the checks for a proof of flight video and proof of interfacing with the interoperability server. This is significantly less teams than were present last year (30); we feel good about being one of the teams that successfully passed the increased requirements for this year's competition.

Schedule for the next few days:

We'll keep you updated right here on this blog - stay tuned!

Johnathan, Jorge, and Sebastian. And Rijesh trying to take photos in peace.

Cindy