The EUDIS Hackathon empowers young 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 Autumn 2025 edition explores how the European space ecosystem can support defence missions and operations and contribute to a secure space domain – including through artificial intelligence, more autonomous and secured systems, innovative solutions for data collection and processing. The theme is subdivided into the following three challenges: 

Challenge 1 - Protection of space assets – detect, analyse and counter threats in space

Challenge 2 - Space for defence – Earth-Observation, Navigation, Communication, and coordination of multi-domain military operations

Challenge 3 - Sovereign Aerospace – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Management, Production, and Countermeasures

In this edition, eight countries will host simultaneous hackathons: the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain. Each local winner receives mentoring and a chance to compete in the EU-level finals.

For more information on this edition's challenges and to stay up to date with future editions, please visit the EUDIS Hackathon website.