NATO DIANA Challenge Programme
Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.
NATO DIANA (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) is a NATO body headquartered in London at Imperial College London's Innovation Hub, with regional offices in Halifax, Canada and Tallinn, Estonia. DIANA runs one Challenge Programme call per year, targeting dual-use deep-tech companies from any of the 32 NATO member nations. The 2026 cohort — the largest in DIANA's history at 150 s…
Ten annually-refreshed dual-use deep-tech challenge themes spanning AI, autonomy, quantum, biotech, communications, energy, space, maritime, extreme-environment, and critical infrastructure. Themes set each year by DIANA in consultation with Allied nation priorities.
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