Annual Patch Competition

Each year, The SFTE Board of Directors invites the membership to design an aviation patch that represents the achievements of the previous year, highlighting the themes and achievements that have characterized flight test engineering around the world. The winner gets featured on the SFTE website.

Please send your submissions to the SFTE Board of Directors.

Patch Criteria

Patch submissions must:

• Include the year and the SFTE logo
• Be representative of the theme
• Be relevant to the flight test industry
• Not include any copyrighted or trademarked images other than the SFTE logo
• Be saved as PNG or SVG images (SVG preferred)

Winning patches tend to:

• Reflect the "spirit" of the year's discussions within the flight test industry, which may revolve around new or novel programs of interest to the industry as a whole, various topics covered at Symposia and Conferences, ongoing issues tackled by the various SFTE Councils, etc.
• Be interesting and relevant to a wide cross-section of the industry, not just your group or program
• Be generally simple and easy to parse
• Use solid colors so it's easy to embroider
• Avoid tiny details so it's easy to embroider
  

Previous Winners

Year	Patch	Description
2024		Theme: "Diverse Energy Sources" Designed by: Bennett Ryberg & Tizi Bernard
2023		Theme: "The Year of Autonomy" Designed by: Alberto Favier