Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

and a one billion Euro NATO Innovation Fund

by Jay Heisler

The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) will be active as early as summer 2023 and fully operational by 2025, this program will run more than 10 accelerator sites and over 50 test centers in innovation hubs in NATO countries.

The NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană said, “We want the disruptors from all areas of life: public, private and academic. The people who think and act differently…. Because security is everyone’s job.” A one billion Euro NATO Innovation Fund will accompany DIANA, to spur innovation for national security across NATO regions.

Silicon Nation spoke with people with NATO’s DIANA program to answer how you can get involved!

There are nine technologies NATO is aiming to bolster

1. AI

2. Data and computing

3. Autonomy

4. Quantum-enabled technologies

5. Biotechnology and human enhancements

6. Hypersonic technologies

7. Space

8. Novel materials and manufacturing

9. Energy and propulsion.