INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND OPERATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL HI-TECH FUTURE SKILLS COMPETITION 2025
EVENT OBJECTIVES

Research, analysis, and transfer of best international practices

Creating an international professional expert community

Carrying out practice-oriented tasks in demanding industries
THE CYCLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
FORECASTING

Tasks
- Analysis of the development of cross-cutting technologies
- Analysis of promising technological specializations
- Analysis of personnel demand for specialists in the field of UAS
Participants
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia and other FOI, Development agencies, representatives of research institutes, technology development companies, corporations, enterprises
DESIGNING

Tasks
- Formation of a three-year plan for the development of skills and technologies in the framework of the direction
- Formation and filling of the "knowledge base" of the technological direction
Participants
corporations, enterprises, representatives of research institutes and the education system
TESTING

Tasks
- Matching skills and technologies
- Identify effective skills for solving production problems
- Collection of practices for optimizing production and technological processes
- Testing new technologies
- Collect data on the quality characteristics of products to improve them
Participants
corporations, enterprises, representatives of research institutes and the education system, expert community
RECOMMENDATIONS

Tasks
- Determination of the composition and requirements for a team of specialists to solve industry-specific tasks in the field of UAS (qualification requirements)
- Developing recommendations:
- to finalize technological prototypes of UAS products and solutions;
- for professional and educational standards in the field of UAS
- Assembling hardware requirements
- Skill development plan for 3 years
Participants
expert community
EDUCATIONAL INTENSIVE COURSES: PREPARATION FOR THE COMPETITION
Duration: 2 days for 6 hours
Period of the event: 12 - 14 September 2025
Skills:
- Drone Artificial Intelligence
- Drone Assembling & Electronic Engineering
- Aerial Robotics
- UAV Operation
- UAS Communication Systems
Platforms: inpdp.org , ZOOM
Number of contestants: Up to 20 people for each skill

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
Dates: 10 -14 November 2025
Age of competitors: from 18 years old
Venue: IEC "Yekaterinburg-Expo", Yekaterinburg
Duration of the competition: 3 days
Competitors:
- representatives of organizations, technological enterprises, and research institutes involved in the development, production, operation, and maintenance of UAS;
- representatives of educational organizations involved in the development and implementation of educational programs aimed at training personnel for the field of UAS development, production and operation

Full-time format
1. The competitors perform tasks on the site of the Competition Management Center.
2. The competitors' workplaces are built up and equipped in accordance with the infrastructure list and the skill development plan.
3. The tasks are evaluated in person by the evaluation group on the territory of the Competition Management Center.
Application for participation

Distributed format
1. Competitors complete the task by connecting from distributed platforms in the participating countries.
2. Competitors' workplaces are built up and equipped in accordance with the infrastructure list and the competence development plan.
3. Tasks are evaluated remotely using digital solutions.
Application for participation
SKILLS

Hackathon
competitors are developing new technological solutions in the UAS field for the presented industry tasks

Competitions
competitors are conducting a joint test project to identify promising skills of UAS specialists

Drone Artificial Intelligence
Team participation,
2-5 competitors per team

Aerial Robotics
Team participation,
2-5 competitors per team

Drone Assembling & Electronic Engineering
Team participation,
2-5 competitors per team

UAS Communication Systems
Team participation,
2 competitors in the team

UAV Operation
Individual participation, 1 competitor in a team
INTERNATIONAL EXPERT COMMUNITY
IN THE FIELD OF "UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS"INDUSTRY TASKS BANK 2025

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

ENERGY INDUSTRY

LOGISTICS

Drone Artificial Intelligence
Development of an algorithm for automatic classification of agricultural lands based on aerial photography results

Drone Artificial Intelligence
The researchers obtain multispectral images of agricultural fields and develop a software prototype that identifies stress conditions in plants at early stages of their development and generates prescription maps for differentiated application of fertilizers or fungicides. + generation of flight missions for UAVs based on this data

Drone Assembling & Electronic Engineering
Optimization of the spray system design to ensure uniform distribution of liquid over the treated surface

Drone Assembling & Electronic Engineering
Development of a ground station for refueling an agrodrone

Aerial Robotics
Development of a system for measuring the solution level in a UAV tank for pollination of agricultural crops
important
KEY DATES
Для участия необходимо пройти пять этапов и не забыть о важных датах!
From 12 - 14 September
- Take part in an educational intensive
Until August 31
- Select a skill
- Register for the competition https://lk.inpdp.org/events/69
- Вступайте в Telegram-чат https://t.me/+utlMIDHqK44zNjNi
- Create a team of 2 to 5 people (or join an existing team)
- Wait for the selection results
Until 10 September
- Receive an invite
- Confirm your participation
11-13 November
- Develop technological solutions to industry challenges from the 2025 bank in the field of creation, production and operation of unmanned aerial vehicles
- Showcase the solution and prototypes obtained as part of a competition or technology contest
14 November
- Participate in the Award Ceremony
PROGRAMME
November 10, Monday
Introduction to work places and equipment
November 11, Tuesday
Product Development
Wednesday, November 12th
Product Development
November 13, Thursday
- Product development
- Demonstration of the project, prototype
Result/product
- Trained Object Detection Models
- Trained recommender models
- Annotated small subsets of data
- Assessing the costs and benefits of deploying AI-based systems in different application scenarios
November 10, Monday
Introduction to work places and equipment
November 11, Tuesday
Completing the competition task
Wednesday, November 12th
Completing the test project
November 13, Thursday
- Completing the test project
- Testing the prototype
Result/product
- Signal transmitters and receivers
- Signal amplifiers
- Data transfer protocols
- Filters and signal processing software
November 10, Monday
Introduction to work places and equipment
November 11, Tuesday
Product Development
Wednesday, November 12th
Product Development
November 13, Thursday
- Product development
- Demonstration of the project, prototype
Result/product
- High-precision navigation software for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
- Indoor Flight Scenario Practice
- Software modules ready for deployment according to customer needs
- Technical specifications
November 10, Monday
Introduction to work places and equipment
November 11, Tuesday
Product Development
Wednesday, November 12th
Product Development
November 13, Thursday
- Product development
- Demonstration of the project, prototype
Result/product
- New designs of airframes of unmanned aerial vehicles CAD models
- Payload modules for UAVs
- Assessing the costs and benefits of introducing new designs and payloads
November 10, Monday
Introduction to work places and equipment
November 11, Tuesday
Completing the competition task
Wednesday, November 12th
Completing the test project
November 13, Thursday
Completing the test project
Result/product
- Testing new UAV models, their components and payload
- Testing new technologies in the field of UAVs
- Improving UAV Operation Skills
- Testing application scenarios
- Test programs and methods
results

PARTICIPATION IN COMPETITIONS IN THE FIELD OF UAS
• Send a team to participate in the Competition• Propose an industry/production challenge or technology solution for the Competition
• Participate in the development of a three-year skill development plan
• Become a partner of the Competition / take part in the exhibition and/or business program