The CHALLENGE is intended to bring about the development and convergence of new
technologies and innovations that can improve the community acceptance, efficiency,
door-to-door speed, utility, environmental-friendliness, affordability and safety of future
air vehicles.
All TEAMS must submit a Design Proposal acceptable to CAFE in order to execute this
Agreement. TEAM’s Design Proposal must contain a detailed description of the vehicle
design, its innovations and its technology advancement to be demonstrated. The Design
Proposal must be accompanied by the signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA,
in order for TEAM to become eligible to execute this AGREEMENT and participate in
the CHALLENGE. Information required in the Design Proposal must include at
In the interest of the CHALLENGE goals, which are to develop and disseminate new
technologies for community acceptance, environmental protection, efficiency, speed, and
vehicle safety, CAFE reserves the right to evaluate and select Design Proposals that best
fit these goals. In that selection process, CAFE reserves the right to decline to accept
Vehicles that it deems unsafe, of poor quality construction, unlikely to obtain FAA
license, of a performance level likely to be below the thresholds required, too similar to
any two other entrants, not validly a U.S. team, ineligible due to having been US
federally funded or staffed or incompatible with the above stated goals of the
competition. CAFE will explain to TEAM LEADER its reason(s) for declining to accept
any Design Proposal. TEAMS whose Design Proposal is not accepted may revise and resubmit
it.
CAFE’s evaluation of the acceptability of TEAM’s Design Proposal may require up to 30
calendar days. Once a TEAM is accepted and officially registered into the CHALLENGE
by CAFE according to this Agreement, CAFE shall not remove or “bump” that TEAM
from the CHALLENGE in order to make room for any other team.
If TEAMS apply for the CHALLENGE after it has filled its maximum number of entries,
then entries will be prioritized onto a wait list by CAFE based on their date of submission
Team Eligibility
A TEAM is an individual or private entity, or a group of individuals or private entities
that register to participate in CHALLENGE. A TEAM is comprised of a TEAM
LEADER and TEAM MEMBERS. A TEAM LEADER is, by definition, also a TEAM
MEMBER.
The TEAM LEADER is a single private entity or individual which is the sole agent
representing TEAM regarding its participation in CHALLENGE. In the case of the
TEAM LEADER that is a private entity, it must appoint an individual who is an officer
of the private entity to represent the TEAM LEADER.
To be eligible to win any CHALLENGE prize, an individual or entity, a) in the case of a
private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the
United States, and b) in the case of an individual, whether participating individually or as
a member of a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States and
shall have served as TEAM leader for no less than 6 months prior to the start of the 2011
CGFC.
TEAM MEMBERS are participants on the TEAM who are not the TEAM LEADER. All
TEAM MEMBERS will apply to CAFE to register for the CHALLENGE through TEAM
LEADER and must receive written acceptance by CAFE in order to participate with their
TEAM.
All TEAM MEMBERS must execute an “Adoption of Agreement”, as set forth in Exhibit
A, committing to all terms of this AGREEMENT. By signing below, TEAM LEADER
represents that all TEAM MEMBERS have executed the Adoption of Agreement and that
no one else will become a member of the TEAM or participate in the CHALLENGE until
such new TEAM MEMBER has signed this Agreement. CAFE may disqualify any
TEAM if it discovers that a person is acting as a TEAM MEMBER who has not signed
an “Adoption of Agreement”. TEAM LEADER will provide CAFE with a copy of the
"Adoption of Agreement" signed by each TEAM MEMBER.
