About this challenge
Flight is a maths problem before it is anything else. Teams model trajectories, fuel loads and the forces acting on an airframe, then test their models against real flight data with a mentor who uses the same maths at work.
Other Problems of Practice
The full set of Problems of Practice offered this program.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Relevant Mentors
Industry experts who can support this challenge.