On the Frontline, every line of code can decide between life and death.

Your idea can change everything.

Join Munich as the leading Defense Hub in Europe. This Hackathon is for builders. Prove your work. Hosted in collaboration with TUM Venture Labs and the European Defense Tech Hub (EDTH), you can truly put your hacking ideas under test.

We will provide you exclusive testing grounds and guided mentoring from professionals on defense innovations. Dive into cutting-edge solutions at the Defense Systems Hack on the TUM campus, bringing together experts, industry leaders, policymakers, and students.

Visitors

To give the participants time and space to focus on their projects during the hackathon, we'll have no 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.

Agenda

Friday, May 30, 2025

12:00 – Doors open

13:00 - Welcome Speech & Keynote by TUM, Venture Labs & EDTH, leading German defense companies.

Workshop Sessions on current trends in defense tech:

14:00 - 15:15 - Workshop Session #1

15:15 - 16:30 - Workshop Session #2

16:30 - 18:00 - Workshop Session #3

Team formation & Open-ended Networking

Saturday, May 31, 2025

08:30 - Doors open, Registration, Breakfast

09:00 - Opening & Challenge Presentations

10:00 - Start of Hacking

12:00 - Lunch Break

12:00 - 18:00 FOCUS

18:00 - Progress check with mentors

Sunday, June 01, 2025

9:00 - Breakfast, Last mile SPRINT.

Project Submission

10:00 - End of Hacking

Project Evaluation: Everyone pitches to the jury

12:00 - Lunch Break

Demo Day (Open to Visitors)

13:00 - Presentations of the Projects

14:30 - Award Ceremony, After-Party and Networking

Focus Areas

• Computer Vision and AI on edge devices

• Unmanned and autonomous systems(UAS and UGV)

• Electronic and Cyber Warfare

• Sensor Systems and Modularity

• Battlefield of Economics: ideas to scale production faster

• Space applications: OSINT and satellite imagery

• Advanced drone and counter-drone technologies

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