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NATO DIANA unveils 10 new challenges to accelerate dual-use technology breakthroughs
On Monday (2 June 2025), NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) launched ten new challenges aimed at finding the next generation of dual-use deep technologies to help better protect the Alliance’s one billion citizens. Innovators will be able to submit proposals to DIANA’s challenges until 12:00 UTC on Friday 11 July 2025. Selected innovators will join Phase 1 of DIANA’s programme, participating in a six-month accelerator programme starting in January 2026 – becoming part of DIANA’s 2026 cohort of innovators.
On Monday (2 June 2025), NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) launched ten new challenges aimed at finding the next generation of dual-use deep technologies to help better protect the Alliance’s one billion citizens. Innovators will be able to submit proposals to DIANA’s challenges until 12:00 UTC on Friday 11 July 2025. Selected innovators will join Phase 1 of DIANA’s programme, participating in a six-month accelerator programme starting in January 2026 – becoming part of DIANA’s 2026 cohort of innovators.
