About us

The creation of the UAV Challenge - Outback Rescue is a direct outcome from a workshop that Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) conducted in 2005. The workshop was called the The Future of UAVs - Challenges and Applications in the Asia Pacific Region

At this workshop a group of aerospace industry leaders and UAV experts got together to develop a plan which would allow growth in the Australian civil UAV industry and raise awareness of the potential civilian applications.

In Australia, and particularly Queensland where regional areas and coastline are unpopulated, the ever growing need to manage, maintain and monitor land and sea in a productive and manageable way is becoming an important requirement to ensure a sustainable future. The challenge has been designed to demonstrate the usefulness of UAV's to modern society.

Involved in the overall management of the Challenge are partners from the higher education sector, research and development sector, aerospace industry, Queensland Government agencies, and local Government councils.

The key foundation partners for this event are

• Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA), which involves the Queensland University of Technology(QUT) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

• The Queensland Government is working to promote the development of the state's aviation industry and is funding ARCAA infrastructure through a Smart State Research Facility Grant.