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Winners Announced of 8th CASSINI Hackathon: EU Space for Defence and Security
From 22-24 November the 8th edition of the European CASSINI Hackathon took place. This year's theme was: EU Space for Defence and Security. The hackathon was simultaneously held in 10 countries, amongst The Netherlands at the Dutch Innovation Factory in Zoetermeer. 13 Teams participated in the NL edition on 3 challenges and got access to space data, tools, and expert mentorship to turn their innovative ideas into solutions. After the pitching sessions on Sunday afternoon the Dutch expert jury announced SignalVoid as winner and North Star as runner up. They won a prize of €1.000 and €500 euros. Security Delta (HSD) was endorsing partner of the event.
Following, SignalVoid will compete in the finals agains the 10 winners from the participating European countries to win exiting prizes, including six months of mentoring from top space business coaches.
This Year's challenges
This year's CASSINI hackathon explored the future of defence and security, focusing on how space-based systems can enhance secure communications, disaster response, and navigation services. Participants of the hackathon tackled one of three exciting challenges:
- Enhancing Defence & Security with Geospatial Intelligence
- Unmanned Drone Applications for Defence & Security Operations
- Orbital Security: Navigating the Collision Frontier
A few weeks before the hackathon, a series of webinars was organised by Royal HaskoningDHV and the dotSPACE foundation to give info on the latest developments in space technology. Key topics of these webinars included geospatial intelligence, space-based security solutions and space situational awareness.
Organisation
The overall CASSINI Hackathon 2024 was organised by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) and the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). The Dutch edition was organised by DotSpace Foundation, Groundstation.Space, Royal Haskoning DHV, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Dutch Innovation Factory, NL Space Campus, Security Delta (HSD), Unmanned Valley Valkenburg, Netherlands Space Office, Hogeschool Utrecht, Gemeente Zoetermeer.
HSD was endorsing partner of the event because it's related to our rounded innovation programme Satellite applications for the Ministry of Justice and Security, and current programmes Hacking for Defence and Dual Use of Drones.
HSD Partners involved
