ADC20269680
Thanksgiving ADC Challenge
Registration open
ADC (Elementary/Middle/High School Drones)
General information
12 (twelve) maximum (maximum of four per school). If your school/organization wants to register more than four teams, those teams will be placed on the wait list and moved to active list as space available. If you have would like to add teams to the wait list, please contact the event organizers.
Agenda
ADC AGENDA:
7:00 am: Team check-in and drone check-in
8:00 am: Skills field open for both Pilot and Autonomous Missions
10:00 am: Teamwork Alliance field open
11:55 am: Pilot Missions closed
Noon: lunch
1:00 pm: Autonomous Mission and Teamwork Alliance field open
1:30 pm: Autonomous Mission closed
2:30 pm: Teamwork Alliance selection and Final Rounds begin
4:00 pm: Award Ceremony
4:30 pm: Closing
Judging format
Team Notebooks: only printed submissions of notebooks are accepted and must be submitted upon team check-in the day of the competition.
Awards
All Around Champion
Teamwork Mission Champion
Skills Missions Champion (High School)
Coding Award
Airmanship Award
Judges Award
Travel information
Parking is available at the Tafuna HS lower campus. Please park outside of the bucket boundary. Tafuna HS is located on the same street as the Tafuna Airport entrance, right across the stree from the airport fire department.
Emergency information
Please contact for emergencies:
MSG Acania Puletasi (acania.puletasi@doe.as)
MSG Acania Puletasi (acania.puletasi@doe.as)
Refund policy
This is a free event.
Registered teams 10 of 12
Contact
Please contact: MAJ Siimoa Galoia (siimoa.galoia@doe.as), MSG Acania Puletasi (acania.puletasi@doe.as) or SFC Lei Solaita (lei.solaita@doe.as) for any questions you may have regarding this event.
- Dates Wed, Nov 25, 2026 SST
- Registration Sep 21 – Nov 16, 2026
- Entry fee Free
- Capacity 10 / 12 teams
- Program ADC (Elementary/Middle/High School Drones)
- Grade levels Elementary, High School
- Region American Samoa
- Affiliation Open to all
- Season 2026-2027 Season