Drone Teams Competition*
June 2017at
* For Example Purposes Only
The College Drone Association was formed to create an annual endowment for college engineering departments.
The CDA Endowment would be used to help finance on-campus educational programs that teach and train students for careers in the growing aerial Drone industry.
Demand for qualified FAA-licensed Drone Pilots and Drone Engineers is expected to grow exponentially according to Goldman Sachs Research, which forecasts the drone business to be a $100 billion market opportunity by 2020).
College Drone Association MISSION: Training Students for Careers in the Drone Industry
Sample Indoor / Outdoor Campus Drone Course - Obstacle Course Racing - Scavenger Hunt Mission - Synchronized Team Flying - Aerial Stunts
Proposed Schedule of Events
• Late March 2017 – Audition College Drone Team Prospects
• April – Select College Drone Team Prospects – Begin Training – Begin TV Production
• May – Practice for Spots on Team – Choose Final Drone Team
• June – Practice for Games– Produce College Drone Games Event at UCLA
College Drone Teams Premise
• Colleges & Universities sign Endowment/Financing Agreements with the College Drone Association to receive funding for Drone Education Programs sponsored by the CDA and paid out of merchandising royalties.
• Each school recruits individual students to join the CDA Drone Education Program and receive sponsor-contributed Drones, on-campus drone practice and training to compete for a spot on their school’s College Drone Team going to the Drone Games.
• Each College Drone Team will compete to distinguish themselves while performing specific tasks that new drone technologies are able to accomplish at a lower cost with higher safety and efficiently than current practices performed by workers at risk and subject to higher insurance premiums and operating costs.
• The Prize for victory will be Jobs for the Winners – hired by corporate sponsors in need of qualified and proven Drone engineers and pilots.