EGCED Tech Co., Ltd.

EGCED Tech, operator of the D4D (Deploy for Defense) platform, announced on August 28, 2026 a partnership with Korea Investment Accelerator to run a roughly three-month Oregon Defense Tech Base Camp for Korean startups in unmanned aircraft, autonomous systems, and robotics. Participants gain access to overseas flight-test environments through the Oregon UAS Accelerator, local industry partners, and university and defense-ecosystem networks in the state. The program directly addresses the regulatory and airspace constraints that limit drone and robotics testing inside Korea and builds on the Oregon MOU signed in Seoul in July after the D4D Hackathon.

D4D (Deploy for Defense), Asia-Pacific's first civilian-led defense builder hackathon organized by EGCED Tech, concluded in Seoul with 500+ attendees over three days — 200+ builders and officials in total, including 142 builders from 7 countries who formed 54 teams and shipped 47 solutions in 24 hours, with 92% of participants coming from outside the traditional defense sector. Entries were scored on field applicability, problem-solving fit, technical implementation, and scalability. Eight teams were recognized as winners across five tracks: Team BONE — BONE AI with its subsidiary D-Makers — (Autonomy, Unmanned & Counter-UAS) for an AI-based interceptor drone platform combining rapid-acceleration control, precision hovering, vision-based autonomy, and LiDAR obstacle recognition, demonstrated across manual, automatic, and swarm interception scenarios; DoS·ANGAE (OSINT & Defense Intelligence) for dark-web threat analysis and deception intelligence; DELPHI (Battlefield Networks & C2) for multi-domain command and control; SEASIDE (Maritime Domain Awareness) for dark-vessel and subsea-cable threat detection; and Nyx (Combat Readiness & Training) for AI-based combat-readiness training. Teams Supporty and Kestrel were additionally selected for a U.S.-entry track linked to the Oregon UAS Accelerator. Partners spanned Palantir, StealthMole, BONE AI, F4GE, Morph Systems, Prairie Schooner, the Oregon UAS Accelerator, and EDTH, with KDReview as data partner. Organizers took the initiative from idea to event to a U.S.-entry pathway in 49 days, with an Oregon MOU (Business Oregon, Dept. of Aviation, Oregon UAS Accelerator) marking the next step under a "Start from Seoul, Go Global with Oregon" strategy to build a defense-AI ecosystem in APAC. D4D reached its APAC footing through partnership with EDTH (European Defense Tech Hub), Europe's largest defense-tech builder community, and organizers state the next goal is a leading Asia-Pacific platform where defense startups, technology, and data converge — connecting builders, the military, and investors in the manner of Ukraine's BRAVE1.

Asia-Pacific's first civilian-led defense hackathon, D4D (Deploy for Defense), opened its Day 0 Defense Builders Night on July 3 in Yangjae, Seoul. StealthMole — the Korean-founded dark web intelligence firm — opened the event with a talk on real-world defense applications of OSINT and cyber threat intelligence. Track partners BONE AI, F4GE, EGCED Tech, Morph Systems, and Prairie Schooner are presenting problem statements across Autonomy & Counter-UAS, OSINT & Defense Intelligence, and Maritime Domain Awareness. The Oregon UAS Accelerator joined as an ecosystem partner, bridging its 34-company unmanned systems cohort with the Korean defense startup scene. The 24-hour hackathon begins July 4 with a focus on building tools with actual defense application — not demos, but deployable capabilities.

EGCED Tech announced D4D (Deploy for Defense), Asia-Pacific's first civilian-led defense builder hackathon, scheduled for July 3–5, 2026 in Seoul. The 24-hour event features a 15M KRW prize pool across tracks covering Autonomy & Counter-UAS, OSINT & Defense Intelligence, and Maritime Domain Awareness. Partners include BONE AI, StealthMole, F4GE, Morph Systems, and Prairie Schooner, with KDReview serving as data partner. The event aims to bring the hackathon-to-deployment culture — proven in US and European defense tech ecosystems — to Asia-Pacific.