Italy: 2026 Cohort

9 tracked companies from Italy selected for the NATO DIANA 2026 cohort. Part of the 2026 Cohort (149 tracked companies in total) and the Italy overview (13 tracked across all cohorts).

Companies tracked

Challenge areas

Phase 2 selectees

Share of cohort

Of 149 tracked

Challenge areas

Contested Electromagnetic Environments Critical Infrastructure & Logistics Data Assisted Decision Making Energy & Power Maritime Operations Resilient Space Operations

All 9 tracked companies

Evolunar

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops navigation technology for operation in contested electromagnetic environments.

Contested Electromagnetic Environments

Rotonium

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops OAM tunnel communications through jammed battlefields.

Contested Electromagnetic Environments

Knitronix

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops monitoring systems for civil and military large infrastructure health.

Critical Infrastructure & Logistics

HIGHTEK

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops interoperable cloud intelligence fusing data into predictive awareness.

Data Assisted Decision Making

Novac

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops modular embedded supercapacitor-based UPS for resilient microgrids.

Energy & Power

Eye2Drive

Italy · 2026 cohort

Delivers AI-ready CMOS sensors enhancing situational awareness in critical lighting conditions.

Maritime Operations

Adaptronics

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops versatile, energy-efficient electro-adhesion technology for object manipulation in space.

Resilient Space Operations

Capsule Corporation srl

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops water-based propulsion to streamline satellite integration, testing and deployment.

Resilient Space Operations

Ecosmic

Italy · 2026 cohort

Develops the operating system for space security and resilient orbital domain awareness.

Resilient Space Operations

Source: DIANA 2026 cohort announcement (December 2025). See methodology.