NATO DIANA

Accelerating innovation into Allied capabilities

DIANA is NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic. Through an Alliance-wide network of innovators, accelerators, test centres and end users, NATO DIANA is solving critical defence and security challenges to provide decisive defence and security effects. NATO DIANA is a key pillar in NATO’s innovation and technology strategic approach, bringing together the latest technology and talent. 

At Estonian Defence Week, NATO DIANA is proud to introduce 15 innovators who have been selected to participate in Mission Track. Mission Track is DIANA's follow-on adoption programme for innovators who demonstrate credible defence and adoption pull, and strong strategic relevance in addressing the capability needs of NATO. After a highly competitive challenge call that received over 3,600 proposals, 150 companies were selected to be part of the 2026 cohort.