Europe's defence and dual-use tech conference, run small on purpose: roughly 20 pre-selected startups pitch at LAUNCH@RC and SCALE@RC in front of NATO and allied-government buyers, defence primes and specialist investors (Jeannette zu Fürstenberg of General Catalyst and Torsten Reil of Helsing have both spoken). The format is closed-door roundtables, breakout working groups and a curated room rather than keynote theatre. 2026 is already sold out, but it is the one European event where defence-tech founders can meet the people who actually procure in two days instead of eighteen months. Put yourself on the 2027 pre-register list the morning after.

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