​Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation

​Join us and 200+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on July 9-12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany.

​​​Wanna come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/

​Connect with fellow defense innovators, meet potential co-founders, and build projects with real-world impact that could save lives.

​​​We’ll bring challenges rooted in pressing defense and security problems, and you’re welcome to bring your own ideas.

​​​Throughout the event, you’ll get hands-on guidance from seasoned mentors—and after the hackathon, we’ll help you take your project closer to real-world deployment 🚀

​​​​​Goals

​​​​1) Solve urgent defense and security challenges: Each hackathon features a fresh set of challenges sourced directly from frontline partners in Ukraine, the EU, and across NATO—driven by real needs, not theory.

​​​​2) Launch new careers and companies: Whether you're breaking into the defense sector or building your own product and company, we connect you with jobs, funding, and pathways toward real-world deployment.

​​​​3) Strengthen Europe through defense innovation: Here is where Europe's top talent meets the most pressing threats. By building and shipping, we demonstrate what a fast, capable, and resilient European defense ecosystem looks like.

​​​​Visitors

​​​​​​​​If you’re curious about the outcomes and what the teams have built, you can join the Demo Day on Sunday as an EDTH Community visitor by selecting a Community Visitor ticket.

​​Not yet part of the EDTH Community?

​​Get free access to all EDTH Community events for one year, including hackathon demo days, webinars, networking sessions, and our flagship New Defense Summit

​​Sign up to become a member here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/

​Agenda

​Thursday, July 9, 2026

​Kick-off Day

​12:00 - Doors open, Networking

​13:00 - Program

​14:00 - Workshops, Team Formation, and Open-ended Networking

​17:00 - Presentation of Mentors and Challenges

​18:00 - Start of Hacking

​Friday, July 10, 2026

​Hacking continues all day

​Saturday, July 11, 2026

​Hacking continues all day

​Sunday, July 12, 2026

​10:00 - Testing of Presentations

​12:00 - Lunch Break, End of Hacking

​Demo Day (Open to Visitors)

​13:00 - Pitches of the teams

​15:00 - Award Ceremony

​15:30 - After-party & Networking