Alliance Tech Tracker
Overview

Defence-Tech Companies in the NATO DIANA Programme

DIANA is NATO's accelerator for early-stage companies whose technology has defence and security applications. Rather than procuring finished systems, it funds and mentors small companies and connects them to a network of test centres across the Alliance. This hub is a single view of that portfolio: 274 distinct companies across 275 selection records, 30 countries and 16 challenge areas, with 239 records verified directly against official announcements.

274
Distinct companies
275 selection records
30
Countries represented
16
Challenge areas
Across 4 selection rounds
14
Advanced to Phase 2
Publicly confirmed

What makes a company a DIANA defence-tech company

Selected against a challenge

Companies do not apply in the abstract. Each round publishes challenge areas, and a company is selected against one of them, which is what the tracker records as its challenge area.

Early stage, dual-use

DIANA targets deep-tech companies whose technology has both civilian and defence applications, rather than established prime contractors.

Funded and accelerated

Selection brings a €100,000 non-dilutive Phase 1 grant, a place in the accelerator, and access to the test centre network. A minority continue to Phase 2 with a further €300,000.

Portfolio by selection round

Tracked company records per DIANA selection round.
RoundCompaniesShareRelative size
20244416%
20257226.2%
202614954.2%
Warfighters103.6%

Largest challenge areas

Tracked company records in the twelve largest challenge areas.
Challenge areaCompaniesShareRelative size
Sensing & Surveillance2912.9%
Energy & Power2912.9%
Critical Infrastructure & Logistics2912.9%
Data & Information Security177.6%
Secure Information Sharing167.1%
Advanced Communication Technologies156.7%
Contested Electromagnetic Environments156.7%
Data Assisted Decision Making156.7%
Human Resilience & Biotechnology156.7%
Maritime Operations156.7%
Operations in Extreme Environments156.7%
Resilient Space Operations156.7%

Technology themes in the portfolio

Space (15)Autonomy and uncrewed systems (14)Energy and power (42)Sensing and surveillance (29)Cyber and information security (33)Data and decision superiority (25)Maritime operations (15)Communications and electromagnetic (30)Human performance and biotechnology (28)Critical infrastructure and logistics (29)Quantum (18)Artificial intelligence (39)

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Showing 1-25 of 275 company records. Filters are not indexed and do not change this page's address.

Technology themeFundingRecord status
52 North HealthUnited Kingdom2025Human Health & Performance
Human performance and biotechnology
€100,000 non-dilutive grant + €300,000 Phase 2 fundingVerified against official source
Aboa Space Research OyFinland2026Human Resilience & Biotechnology
Human performance and biotechnology
€100,000 non-dilutive grantPublicly reported
AdamantQSweden2026Contested Electromagnetic Environments
Communications and electromagnetic
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AdaptronicsItaly2026Resilient Space Operations
Space
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Aedil ASNorway2025Critical Infrastructure & Logistics
Critical infrastructure and logistics
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AegisXSweden2026Autonomy & Unmanned Systems
Autonomy and uncrewed systems
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AereusGermany2026Data Assisted Decision Making
Data and decision superiorityArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Aerix SystemsFrance2026Autonomy & Unmanned Systems
Autonomy and uncrewed systems
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AI GPR LtdUnited Kingdom2025Sensing & Surveillance
Sensing and surveillanceArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AI VerseFrance2025Sensing & Surveillance
Sensing and surveillanceArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Airloom EnergyUnited States2026Energy & Power
Energy and power
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AKHEROS SASFrance2025Data & Information Security
Cyber and information securityArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AktiverUnited States2026Data Assisted Decision Making
Data and decision superiority
€100,000 non-dilutive grantPublicly reported
Alba OrbitalUnited Kingdom2026Resilient Space Operations
Space
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AlchemyCanada2026Operations in Extreme Environments
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Alea Quantum TechnologiesDenmark2025Data & Information Security
Cyber and information securityQuantum
€100,000 non-dilutive grant + €300,000 Phase 2 fundingVerified against official source
ALIAS ROBOTICS, S.L.Spain2026Autonomy & Unmanned Systems
Autonomy and uncrewed systemsArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantPublicly reported
Alpha AutonomyGreece2026Autonomy & Unmanned Systems
Autonomy and uncrewed systemsArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AmorphiQUnited Kingdom2026Contested Electromagnetic Environments
Communications and electromagneticQuantumArtificial intelligence
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
AMPHITRITEFrance2026Maritime Operations
Maritime operations
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Anzen Technology SystemsUnited Kingdom2024Secure Information Sharing
Cyber and information security
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Applied AtomicsUnited Kingdom2026Resilient Space Operations
Space
€100,000 non-dilutive grantPublicly reported
APR Technologies ABSweden2025Energy & Power
Energy and power
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
Aquark TechnologiesUnited Kingdom2024Sensing & Surveillance
Sensing and surveillanceQuantum
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source
ArcaniUnited Kingdom2026Autonomy & Unmanned Systems
Autonomy and uncrewed systems
€100,000 non-dilutive grantVerified against official source

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Methodology and limitations

Every company on this page comes from an official NATO DIANA cohort or special challenge announcement. The tracker adds no companies on the basis of press coverage, investor lists or self-description. Distinct companies and selection records are counted separately because a company selected in two rounds appears twice in the announcements.

The tracker records what is published: cohort, challenge area, country, funding stage and source. Contract awards, revenue, headcount and private investment are outside the dataset and are shown as not publicly available rather than estimated.

Alliance Tech Tracker is independent and unofficial and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NATO or DIANA. Where a value is not published, records show "Not publicly available" rather than an estimate. See the full methodology.

Sources

Dataset version 2026.08 · data as of August 2026 · last reviewed 2026-08-23 · explore or download the full dataset