276 Teams Participate: 12 Finalists Compete in an AI Cyber Battle
Practical Defense Scenarios Applied, Including a Drone Hacking Demonstration
LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A) announced on August 25 that it successfully concluded the finals of the nation’s first “Agentic AI Cybersecurity Hackathon (DAH·Defense AI Cyber Security Hackathon),” in which a total of 276 teams participated.
The Aegis Protocol team, awarded the DAH 2026 Grand Prize, along with the Yes I Can team, winners of the Excellence Award, the Cyber People’s Army team, recipients of the Merit Award, and the AI Kasdeon Army team, recipients of the Encouragement Award, are posing for a commemorative photo with Shinikhyun Lee, CEO of LIG D&A (front row, left). LIG Defense & Aerospace
The finals, held on August 21 at SKY31 Convention in Lotte World Tower, Jamsil, Seoul, featured 12 teams that advanced from the preliminary round competing to demonstrate offensive and defensive capabilities utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology in a virtual cyber battlefield.
According to the results, the grand prize was awarded to the “Aegis Protocol” team, which received a prize of 10 million won. The first prize went to the “Yes I Can” team, the excellence award to “Cyber People’s Army,” and the encouragement award to “AI Cutting Army.” The winning teams were collectively awarded 20 million won in prizes and will be given preferential consideration in LIG D&A’s recruitment process.
This competition was organized to apply AI technology to potential threats in the defense and cybersecurity sectors. Participants competed in a “cyber battle” format, where AI agents made autonomous decisions and simultaneously carried out offensive and defensive operations. According to LIG D&A, this was the first attempt in Korea’s defense industry to use agentic AI in a simultaneous offense and defense format.
The competition was held in a virtual cyber battlefield environment based on a cloud infrastructure. Four practical defense scenarios reflecting real-world threats that may arise in actual defense environments were applied. Participating teams designed AI agents to perform both attack and defense based on these scenarios.
At the event, Japanese cybersecurity firm GMO CYBER SECURITY by IERAE conducted a drone hacking demonstration. White hat hackers from IERAE showcased cyber threats that unmanned systems can face by hacking into drones.
A representative from LIG D&A stated, “This DAH Hackathon served as an opportunity to verify new technological applications in the defense AI field and for AI talent to demonstrate their abilities. We plan to use the combat data and talent pool accumulated from the competition to enhance security capabilities for unmanned systems and continue developing technologies in the defense and cybersecurity sectors.”
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LIG D&A signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in the cybersecurity field with IERAE in July. Based on the attack and defense techniques observed during this competition, both companies plan to expand their collaboration in unmanned systems security.
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