SKYGUARD
CHALLENGE

Objective

Build a functional, production-ready web dashboard for a human security operator to monitor and manage a fleet of autonomous drones in real time. Focus on situational awareness, threat response, and mission control.

Submission Format

• A single ZIP archive containing all project files
• README with setup and run instructions
• PDF report or slide deck

Eligibility

• Individual or teams of up to 4 members
• Open to students and professionals
• Work must be original and created for this challenge
• Open source libraries and frameworks are permitted

Judging Criteria

• Functional completeness
• Interface clarity under operational pressure
• Innovation and creative problem solving
• Code quality and documentation
• Security and safety considerations

00 // Technical requirements

• Fully web-based (browser accessible)
• Optimised for low-latency, high-stress environments
• Accessible and responsive across screen sizes
• Design rationale must be included in submission
• Time-scrub

01 // Map & Situational Awareness

• Live map with drone position
• Geofences and no-fly zones
• Camera FOV — what is actually being seen by the drone
• Detections plotted as pins
• Time-scrub / replay to reconstruct what happened 5 and 10 minutes ago

02 // Telemetry & Vehicle Health

• Heading, altitude, speed of each drone
• Battery % with estimated flight time remaining and return-home reserve

03 // Fleet Readiness & Ground Infrastructure

• Roster with states of the fleet: in-flight / docked / charging / maintenance / offline
• Dock and charging-station status; availability forecast ("3 ready, 2 charging, next available in 18 min")
• Airframe hours and maintenance due

04 // Mission Planning & Tasking

• Possibility to set a track that the drone will follow
• Waypoint missions
• Perimeter patrols
• Scheduled recurring patrols
• Mission state: queued → uploading → executing → paused → returning → complete/aborted
• Dispatch-to-alert — an alarm at a specific coordinate, nearest available drone is tasked to investigate

05 // Alerts & Detections

• Vehicle anomalies: low battery, link loss, GPS degradation, geofence breach, wind over limit
• Security detections: intruder, vehicle in restricted zone, perimeter breach, thermal signature — with lifecycle state

06 // Command, Authority & Accountability

• Command set: takeoff, land, RTH, hold/loiter, pause, resume, abort, go-to-point, orbit here, spotlight
• Two-step confirmation on irreversible actions, e.g. global emergency: land-all / RTH-all
• Immutable audit log of every command: who, when, acknowledged or not

07 // Video & Sensor Feeds

• Live RGB + thermal
• Multi-feed grid
• PiP with map
• Detection overlays
• Snapshot / clip / bookmark

08 // Safety & Failsafes

• Weather vs airframe limits (wind gusts especially)
• Failsafe behaviour on link loss / low battery / GPS loss
• Energy-aware return path