Training and Workforce
GAMA Opens 2026 Aviation Design Challenge Registration
Registration closes December 19 or when 150 entries have been received
Students hold an airfoil
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has opened registration for the 2026 Aviation Design Challenge. Registration closes on Dec. 19, 2025, or when all available slots are filled. This challenge is open to the first 150 U.S. high school teams that register.

Now in its fourteenth year, the annual competition promotes aviation careers among U.S. high school students through a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum that incorporates flight simulation and aircraft design.