We just wrapped our first-ever European Defense Hackathon in Switzerland: 100+ participants, 14 teams, three days of building for national security 🇨🇭
It was unique in bringing together, for the first time, not just engineers and military but also the procurement side and politicians from the GLP Grünliberale Partei Schweiz
Three teams stood out:
1st place – Alastor: Detecting hostile radios that don’t want to be found by Alexander Marinšek, Uroš Hudomalj, Marko Hudomalj, Paul Brittain, and Leonardo R. Moretti
2nd place – Sky Warden: A real-time drone detection and tracking system powered by sound and vision by Julius Cuno Lars Schneider, Sixtus Klein, Michael Vogt, and Alex Tarasov
3rd place – Event Horizon: A framework for cost-effective interception of coordinated large-scale drone attacks by Diogo Costa, Lucas Calderón, Ozan Zeray, Tina, and Jakub Černý
Special awards:
• EY Award for Avientus: Automating a decentralized frontline VTOL supply drone network by Johannes Aicher, Jonathan Dotzler, Alex Hönger, and Pascal Schoppmann. The team will receive a consultation with EY.
• RUAG award for the “Easy Jet” team: A scalable factory concept for affordable, single-use jet engines by Martin H., Mark Melnykowycz, and Aljosa Klajderic. The team will pitch to the RUAG innovation team.
We’re very grateful to our partners who made this event possible: the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse, RUAG, EY, our host Vitus-Areal (by Allreal Group), Laelaps AI, Pilotix, DroneAid Collective, and Inflection
Finally huge thanks to all the individuals supporting us:
Jens Rehanek, PhD, Jonathan David Gäumann, David Shapira, Philip Stettler, Matteo Bertani, Thorsten Eberle, Pascal Bernhard, Sophia Belser, Rokas Bendikas, Maria Stamatopoulou, and many others!
Can’t wait to be back next year! 🫡