Korean Defense Tech Hackathon 2026
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Time to Fill the Gaps in UAS and Counter-UAS Innovation for the Free World 🚀
Together with Deploy for Defense (D4d), we're gathering 150+ builders from Korea, Europe, and beyond in Seoul to develop new UAS, counter-UAS, and broader defense tech solutions with direct input from operators and military end users.
Goal
Our goal is to build a durable bridge between Asia's and Europe's defense tech ecosystems — connecting engineers, founders, and operators who would otherwise never end up in the same room.
Over three days, software·hardware engineers, founders, researchers, public-sector stakeholders, investors, and military personnel as end users will come together to design, build, and test new solutions in one place.
Throughout the weekend, teams will receive continuous feedback from experienced operators, domain experts, and end users (military personnel) to ensure they are solving relevant problems and building novel solutions with a credible path towards deployment.
Our goal is not simply to produce weekend prototypes or find a winner. Our goal is to find teams willing to keep testing, developing, and deploying their solutions until they can build what the Free World needs but doesn't yet have.
Visitors
To give participants time and space to focus on their projects, we won't have visitors during the hackathon. If you're curious about the outcomes and what the teams have built, please sign up as a visitor for our demo day on Sunday.
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Agenda
Location
Seoul