In partnership with Boeing, NASA, RTX, Xwing, and 20+ organizational partners including AIAA, AAMS, AUVSI, RAeS, VFS, ICAS, 3AF, and ABCM, GoAERO is a 3-year, global competition, offering over $2 million in prizes to teams that build Emergency Response Flyers that will rescue people and perform critical response missions. 

The prize aims to catalyze the creation of safe, portable, robust, autonomy-enabled flyers that respond to challenges posed by natural disasters, climate change, medical emergencies and humanitarian crises. I hope that you will consider joining this mission or forwarding it to your students and any relevant clubs. Our mission is to help save lives! 

Academic teams are more than welcome to participate, and we are here to answer any questions you have about how that needs to be structured for your university’s requirements. 

Why Should You Participate?

• Over $2 million in prizes.
• Receive mentoring by some of the leading Aviation Experts, and Benefits including software, products and services
• Fuel your passion for aviation and innovation, and help close a critical gap in emergency response technology. 

 How it Works:

• Visit the challenge website.
• Form a Team and begin your Stage 1 submission with a Technical Paper and Project Plan. 
• Get ready to impress the panel of expert judges!

Think you’re up for the challenge? Visit the challenge page for more info: www.herox.com/goaero. 

April 8, 2024: Comment period closes

October 9, 2024 GoAERO Stage 1 submission deadline