Drone Defense Hackathon Aftermovie

Adopt AI - Grand Palais | Drone Defense Hackathon Aftermovie Step inside three days of intense innovation at the iconic Grand Palais. The Drone Defense Hackathon brought together some of the brightest minds to shape the future of defense through AI, autonomy and advanced drone technologies. Over 72 hours, innovation came to life through collaboration, bold ideas and cutting-edge solutions. 🔹 200 top-tier students from 25+ leading schools and universities, including École Polytechnique, Paris-Saclay, EPITA, HEC Paris, ENS, Centrale Lyon, 42 and many more. 🔹 60+ expert mentors delivering high-level technical and operational guidance. 🔹 A powerful ecosystem uniting institutions, armed forces, researchers and industrial leaders. Together, they tackled real-world defense challenges in autonomy, swarm coordination, detection systems and logistics. 🏆 Congratulations to our four winning teams: INTech, AHive.AI, DRONERA, and DIOSCURES for their groundbreaking and forward-thinking solutions. 🙏 A huge thank you to our sponsors and partners who made this event possible. Financed by 16+ Innovation & Defense sponsors: Agence de l’Innovation de Défense (AID), Commandement du Combat Futur (CCF), ASPIRE, Artefact, Thales, Safran, Delair, Helsing, Neode Systems, Battle Lab Terre, Quantum Systems, Tekever, ÆGIR, Scalian, Naval Group, Alta Ares, Cerbair, Perse Systems. Supported by our technical and institutional partners: Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris (BSPP), BRI, Préfecture de Police de Paris, Marine Nationale, ONERA, Propulseur, Unaite, OptiTrack, bitcraze, Cosmyx3D, Rivolier, innov8, ALTEN. 🎬 Watch the aftermovie and relive the energy, the pressure and the breakthrough moments that defined this one-of-a-kind hackathon.