Teams must compete in the CATEGORY they selected in their application.  The team was reviewed and approved to compete in this category.  Teams CANNOT upgrade their category to a higher altitude or from COTS to SRAD. 

There are exceptions to downward change category.  For example:

  • A team suffers a catastrophic test flight failure and cannot continue without dropping down to 10k COTS
  • A team who us unable to compete due to development issues/delays can request a drop to 10k COTS.

ANY category change must be formally requested to