{"id":98471,"date":"2026-08-13T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?post_type=event&#038;p=98471"},"modified":"2026-08-13T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:18:28","slug":"defence-innovation-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/events\/defence-innovation-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Innovation Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us on&nbsp;<strong>21 September<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Defence Innovation Day 2026<\/strong>, the opening event of&nbsp;<strong>Estonian Defence Week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s programme centres on three themes shaping defence innovation today:&nbsp;<strong>Who Builds, Who Scales: Inside Defence Innovation<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Battlefield Innovation: Lessons from Ukraine<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Resilience Under Pressure: Protecting Borders, Infrastructure and Society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the three blocks, the programme will explore how technologies move towards operational use, what Europe and NATO can learn from Ukraine\u2019s experience, and how innovation can strengthen border security, critical infrastructure and societal resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd <strong>Location<\/strong>: Tallinn, Estonia<br>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Date<\/strong>: September 21, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":98472,"template":"","class_list":["post-98471","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defence Innovation Day 2026 - Defender Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/events\/defence-innovation-day-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defence Innovation Day 2026 - Defender Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join us on&nbsp;21 September&nbsp;for&nbsp;Defence Innovation Day 2026, the opening event of&nbsp;Estonian Defence Week. 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