Prof. Zdenko Kovačić and Tomislav Haus participated as presenters at the Conference on Innovation-driven Defense Enterprising organized by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia. The titles of their lectures were “Design and Control of Professional Service Robots for Exploration and Inspection in Hazardous Environments” and “Aerial Robots – Mobile Manipulation using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”. It was a unique opportunity for LARICS to present some of the research results that might have the potential for innovation-driven defense enterprising.