In this talk, we look at how European defense-tech founders and engineers are rethinking drone warfare, Counter-UAS, and electronic warfare, often shaped directly by real operational lessons from Ukraine.

And we'll introduce the work of the European Defense Tech Hub, a pan-European network for defense innovation. Through hackathons, meetups, and hands-on drone-building workshops across Europe, the community brings together builders, founders, and operators to turn ideas into deployable capabilities — outside the traditional defense prime ecosystem.