​​Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀

​​​Join us and 100+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on June 26-28, 2026, in London, UK.

​​​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 🚀

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

​​​Goal

​​​​1) Solve urgent defense and security challenges: Each hackathon features a fresh set of challenges sourced directly from frontline partners in Ukraine, the UK, and across the EU—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

​​​Friday, June 26, 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, June 27, 2026

​​​Hacking continues all day

​​​Sunday, June 28, 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