Which Countries Lead NATO DIANA in 2026
By Alliance Tech Tracker research · Published 2026-08-23 · Updated 2026-08-23
The tracker records 275 companies across 30 countries. Rankings below are by tracked companies. "Countries represented" is used rather than "allied nations" because the dataset includes non-NATO participants such as Israel and Switzerland.
| # | Country | Companies | Share of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 47 | 17.1% |
| 2 | United States | 45 | 16.4% |
| 3 | Canada | 37 | 13.5% |
| 4 | France | 14 | 5.1% |
| 5 | Italy | 13 | 4.7% |
| 6 | Germany | 13 | 4.7% |
| 7 | Netherlands | 11 | 4.0% |
| 8 | Norway | 11 | 4.0% |
| 9 | Sweden | 10 | 3.6% |
| 10 | Poland | 8 | 2.9% |
What stands out
The United States and the United Kingdom together account for 33% of all tracked companies, roughly 92 of 275. Canada and Germany form a clear second tier. Smaller allies are represented in proportion to their technology ecosystems, with Estonia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic notable relative to population.
Geographic spread widened over time: the 2024 cohort spanned 22 countries in the tracker, the 2025 cohort 20, and the 2026 cohort 25. The Warfighters Challenge selected companies from 6 countries.
Country counts in the 2026 column are based on the 149 tracked company records (of 150 announced selectees), not all of which are yet publicly verified. See the full country ranking for every country and the per-cohort breakdown.
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Alliance Tech Tracker maintains an independently verified dataset of NATO DIANA companies, cohorts, challenges and programme outcomes. The dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0: researchers, journalists and organisations may reuse it with attribution and a link to alliancetechtracker.com.
Alliance Tech Tracker. NATO DIANA Company Dataset, version 2026.08, updated 2026-08-23. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://alliancetechtracker.com/data. Changes: no changes.
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All figures computed from the Alliance Tech Tracker dataset, last reviewed 2026-08-23. See the methodology for how we verify data.