​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

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• 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

​ …and morе