EUDIS DEFENCE HACKATHON 2025 Autumn Edition

The EUDIS Hackathon empowers innovators across Europe to tackle real-world challenges in the fields of space and defence. Through hands-on problem-solving, participants work on cutting-edge topics such as autonomous systems, secure communications, energy resilience, cyber defence, and advanced aerospace technologies.

Each edition invites students and early-career professionals to co-create practical solutions that respond to the evolving needs of European security and technological sovereignty.

The EUDIS Defence Hackathon 2025 will focus on three key challenges. Mark your calendar as the next EUDIS Hackathon will take place from October 17 to 19, 2025. These dates represent an exciting opportunity for participants across Europe to collaborate on innovative solutions to address critical challenges in the defence sector. In the new edition, citizens of any EU Member State, Norway, or Ukraine, residing in the EU, Norway, or Ukraine and aged 18 or older, are welcome to join the hackathon.

Challenges

Protection of space assets – detect, analyse and counter threats in space
With adversaries developing anti-satellite weapons, orbital jammers, and cyberattacks, Europe's space assets (navigation, communications, and Earth observation) are under threat. This challenge addresses the need for solutions that contribute to protect space assets from fast-developing threats through detection and analysis capacity (support to space domain awareness) and countermeasures.

Space for defence – Earth-Observation, Navigation, Communication, and coordination of multi-domain military operations
This challenge addresses the need for innovative space-based solutions to support military missions and operations, including in the field of earth-observation, positioning, navigation and timing, secured communications, space-based missile early-warning, and collection and processing of multi-sources data (and increased resilience of such capabilities).

Sovereign Aerospace – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Management, Production, and Countermeasures
Autonomous drones (military and civilian), aircraft, and weapon systems are redefining aerospace. The challenge addresses the need for innovative solutions in different areas.

Webinars – Get insights from our experts on what to expect during the hackathon. Learn about the structure, challenges, and opportunities to maximise your impact and answer open questions.

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