European Defense Tech Hackathon Milan | October 2025

For our 14th hackathon in 2025, we went to Milan, where we held our first European Defense Tech Hackathon in Italy 100+ participants across 15 teams were turning their ideas into prototypes, and a few examples of what they came up with: Low-cost, scalable multi-camera system to detect and triangulate aerial threats without RF, delivering precise 3D positioning and trajectories Passive detection system for FPV fiber-optic drones, addressing one of the hardest modern C-UAS challenges Laser-based, low-signature drone-to-drone communication system, exploring secure, next-generation networking in contested environments Stay tuned, follow us on social media, and subscribe to our newsletter at: https://eurodefense.tech