Muscat – The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) will hold a national drone competition on September 5 at 3pm, at the Sultan Qaboos University’s College of Engineering.

This annual event – Oman Competition for Drones – is a collaborative effort between the ministry and the university.

“The competition will showcase drones equipped with artificial intelligence systems. The programme will include workshops and training courses aimed at developing participants’ skills,” an official from MTCIT said.

The primary goal of this contest is to raise public awareness about the benefits of drones, while empowering Omani youth to offer technological solutions.

It seeks to make the production of drones commercially viable and generate jobs in fields such as drone piloting, programming, assembly, maintenance, image analysis, machine vision and AI programming.

The initiative targets college and university students, who are eager to acquire new technical skills, particularly in drone technology, to actively contribute to the implementation of technical solutions and thereby strengthening the national economy.

Additionally, the programme aims to prepare and support the winning participants for regional and international competitions.