The World Drone Cup (WDC) competition, which STM has been conducting for 4 years, was held at Samsun Çarşamba Airport this year as part of TEKNOFEST.
In the World Drone Cup-2022, 32 pilots from 26 different countries, from Brazil to South Korea, from America to Russia, from Switzerland to Italy, competed.
The world’s best drone competitors stepped onto the runway on September 1st and completed the first day with exploring the racecourse and test flights. After the qualifying rounds on the second day, grand final took place on the third day.
In the final, MinChan Kim from South Korea won the first place, Changhyeon Kang again from South Korea took the second place, and Killian Rousseau from France won the third place. The winner in WDC-2022 won 30 thousand TL, the second 20 thousand TL and the third 10 thousand TL.
Bringing the world’s best drone pilots to Samsun, STM World Drone Cup ended with the award ceremony held on Sunday, September 4th.
📌As part of #TEKNOFEST and under the management of @StmDefenceInt, the champions of #WorlDroneCup have been announced.
🔗https://t.co/IIeHqL9bRl pic.twitter.com/qBOk5QIonT— Defensehere (@defensehere_en) September 5, 2022