Logo for Aerial Drone Competition featuring a stylized drone with four green rotors and black lines, with text 'Aerial Drone Competition' below, where 'Drone' is highlighted in green.

Team # 89071A & 89071B

Where flight meets teamwork

The Aerial Drone Competition (ADC) program is a hands-on STEM experience where students work in teams to fly drones, complete mission challenges, and develop skills in teamwork, problem-solving, and communication. It gives students real-world exposure to drone technology while helping build confidence and interest in aviation, robotics, and other future-focused career paths.

Check out our FRC Program
Check out our FRC Program
Students wearing helmets and safety goggles participate in a robotics competition in an indoor gymnasium, with various banners and onlookers in the background.
Two people shaking hands inside a gymnasium, seen through a light blue banner with the words' American Drone Competition'.
Blurred indoor scene with people at a recreational event, featuring a small drone flying near a table and banners, with a wooden floor.

Learn to fly

The Skills Mission tests the technical flying ability of drone pilots to move and sort objects, fly through arches, hoops, and landing on small surface areas in a timed event.

Using Block or Python coding, students program the drone to fly autonomously through the obstacle course to score points.

Teamwork brings pilots together to strategize, plan, and implement a flight plan to score as many points as possible in this timed Teamwork Mission event. Technical flying skills are put to the test and make flying challenging.

Teams document and track their progress through the season with their Engineering Logbook. Students keep track of their ideas, designs, testing, and progress so they can show how they solved problems and improved their skills over the entire season. Team members also research how drones are used in various careers.