Becoming Grand Champs of IMechE UAS Challenge 2019

Students from National University of Sciences and Technology - Pakistan Navy Engineering College participated in the IMechE UAS Challenge 2019 earning the coveted title of GRAND CHAMPIONS of the event.

Winning Moment

Team NUST AirWorks is student team from NUST-PNEC Karachi that designs and manufactures unmanned aerial systems. Since 2016 the team has been participating and competing in several local and international competitions, gaining multiple success and awards along the way. The IMechE UAS Challenge is an event held annually inviting university teams to design unmanned aerial vehicles with the capability to aid human life in the form of Food+Medicine supplies during natural disasters. This year’s event was held from the 16-18 of June at the Snowdonia Aerospace Center, in Llanbedr, Wales, UK. A total of 32 teams from UK, Srilanka, Netherlands, Canada, Brunei and Pakistan participated in the challenge this year.

Won awards in various other categories

After making a successful debut last year, 2018, with their fixed wing design, Team NUST AirWorks introduced a new vehicle in the competition; a helicopter, a daunting task not taken up by any team before. The three day event saw many promising teams taking part and putting in their best efforts. However, it was the Helicopter design from team NUST AirWorks that won the team the honor of being awarded GRAND CHAMPIONS for the year 2019. Apart from being the overall competition winners, they also won awards in the following categories:

• Safety & Airworthiness (sponsored by Frazer-Nash Consultancy)
• Business Proposition (sponsored by Welsh Government)
• Scrutineers Award
• Media Engagement Award

The team’s sheer dedication and diligent efforts in the months leading up to the competition truly paid off in the end. Even the chief Judge of the event commended the entire unit for excellent team organisation and airworthy procedures. The hugely successful event was a testament to all of this, making the Pakistani nation extremely proud for raising the flag in an international arena!