Air Mobility, Defence technology

Drone Defense Hackathon Nordics 2026

Nordic researchers, students and startups with ties to academia are invited to develop solutions for protecting airports and critical infrastructure. Experts from the Nordics and Ukraine support the work.

Teams take on real operational challenges, and the winners may go on to testing and validation in real-world environments. Partners include Saab, FLIR, Truesec, Swedavia and Nordic law enforcement.

Read more and register at dronedefensehackathon.se

When

1–20 December 2026

Kick-off 1 December, broadcast live 13:00–16:00 CET

Where

For the Stockholm teams: KTH

Organiser

KTH Centre for Total Defence, Chalmers University of Technology, Aalto University, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Reykjavik University

A dramatic aerial view of a commercial passenger aircraft on an illuminated airport runway at dusk, seen head-on from above. Red and white runway lights stretch into the distance towards a vivid orange and blue sunset horizon, with airport terminals and taxiways lit up on either side under a stormy, cloud-filled sky.

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