​Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀

​Join us and 100+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on September 4-6, 2026, in Pristina, Kosovo.

​Kosovo is a place where security is a lived reality — shaped by history and constant pressure on infrastructure and institutions.

​That makes it one of the few environments in Europe where the gap between “cool prototype” and “actually useful” is immediately obvious. We're thrilled to bring the European Defense Tech Hackathon here together with the Innovation Centre Kosovo this September 2025.

​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 experienced mentors, and we'll support you to take your project closer to real-world deployment 🚀

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

​Focus Areas

• ​Border security & situational awareness

• ​Counter-UAS (detection, tracking, low-cost intercept)

• ​Resilient communications & mesh networks

• ​Critical infrastructure protection (energy, water, telecom)

• ​Intelligence fusion & real-time data analysis

• ​GNSS-denied navigation & positioning

• ​Civil-military coordination & crisis response tools

• ​Electronic warfare & spectrum awareness

​Goal

​1) Solve real defense and security challenges
Each hackathon is driven by problems sourced from operators on the ground across Europe.

​2) Launch careers and companies
Whether you're entering defense or building a startup, we connect you with talent, funding, and pathways to deployment.

​3) Strengthen Europe’s defense ecosystem
This is where builders meet real problems — and ship solutions that matter.

​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

​Friday, September 4, 2026

​Kick-off Day

​12:00 - Doors open, Networking

​13:00 - Welcome by Organizers, Keynote

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

​17:00 - Presentation of Mentors and Challenges

​18:00 - Start of Hacking

​Saturday, September 5, 2026

​Hacking continues all day

​Sunday, September 6, 2026

​10:00 - Testing of Presentations

​12:00 - Lunch Break, End of Hacking

​Demo Day (Open to Visitors)

​13:00 - Pitches of the winning teams

​15:00 - Award Ceremony

​15:30 - After-party & Networking