Competitions
Design Build Fly
The world's most challenging student aircraft design competition — from concept to flight in a single academic year.
AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
Design Build Fly challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and demonstrate a flying radio-controlled aircraft. The aircraft must satisfy a mission-specific payload and performance RFP developed each year by Cessna Aircraft and Raytheon Technologies, with sponsorship from AIAA.
Most Recent: DBF 2024
Placeholder: one-line mission description for the 2024 DBF competition (e.g., "Design a multi-mission aircraft that carries payload while towing a glider").
Top 3 Finishers
Previous Competitions
Placeholder: one-line mission description for the 2023 DBF competition.
Placeholder: one-line mission description for the 2022 DBF competition.
Placeholder: one-line mission description for the 2021 DBF competition.