Space
Companies selected under the Resilient Space Operations challenge area.
15 companies · 7 countries
Overview
Dual-Use Technology Companies in NATO DIANA
Dual-use technology has both civilian and defence applications: a sensing platform sold to port operators, an energy system built for remote industry, a quantum device developed for research instruments. DIANA is built around that overlap, funding commercial deep-tech companies whose products can also serve Alliance security needs. This hub reads the tracked portfolio through that lens, grouping 274 distinct companies into 12 technology themes.
12
Technology themes
Stable groupings across cohorts
274
Distinct companies
30
Countries represented
Energy and power
Largest theme
42 tracked companies
What dual-use means here
Commercial first
Most DIANA companies are commercial deep-tech businesses with civilian customers. The programme funds adaptation toward defence and security use rather than building defence-only products from scratch.
Challenge-led
Each round publishes challenge areas that describe an Alliance need. A company enters the portfolio by matching its existing technology to one of those needs.
Tested, not just funded
Alongside grant funding, companies get access to the DIANA test centre network so dual-use claims can be trialled in a realistic environment.
Dual-use themes by size
| Technology theme | Companies | Share | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy and power | 42 | 13.2% | |
| Artificial intelligence | 39 | 12.3% | |
| Cyber and information security | 33 | 10.4% | |
| Communications and electromagnetic | 30 | 9.5% | |
| Sensing and surveillance | 29 | 9.1% | |
| Critical infrastructure and logistics | 29 | 9.1% | |
| Human performance and biotechnology | 28 | 8.8% | |
| Data and decision superiority | 25 | 7.9% | |
| Quantum | 18 | 5.7% | |
| Space | 15 | 4.7% | |
| Maritime operations | 15 | 4.7% | |
| Autonomy and uncrewed systems | 14 | 4.4% |
Autonomy and uncrewed systems
Companies selected under the Autonomy & Unmanned Systems challenge area.
14 companies · 9 countries
Energy and power
Companies selected under the Energy Resilience (2024) and Energy & Power (2025, 2026) challenge areas.
42 companies · 15 countries
Sensing and surveillance
Companies selected under the Sensing & Surveillance challenge area (2024, 2025).
29 companies · 13 countries
Cyber and information security
Companies selected under the Secure Information Sharing (2024) and Data & Information Security (2025) challenge areas.
33 companies · 19 countries
Data and decision superiority
Companies selected under the Data Assisted Decision Making challenge (2026) and the Decision Superiority for NATO Warfighters special challenge.
25 companies · 12 countries
Maritime operations
Companies selected under the Maritime Operations challenge area (2026).
15 companies · 8 countries
Communications and electromagnetic
Companies selected under the Advanced Communication Technologies and Contested Electromagnetic Environments challenge areas (2026).
30 companies · 16 countries
Human performance and biotechnology
Companies selected under the Human Health & Performance (2025) and Human Resilience & Biotechnology (2026) challenge areas.
28 companies · 8 countries
Critical infrastructure and logistics
Companies selected under the Critical Infrastructure & Logistics challenge area (2025, 2026).
29 companies · 14 countries
Quantum
Companies whose public descriptions reference quantum technology. There is no dedicated quantum challenge area; this theme is derived from company descriptions.
18 companies · 9 countries
Artificial intelligence
Companies whose public descriptions reference AI or machine learning. AI appears across many challenge areas; this theme is derived from company descriptions.
39 companies · 17 countries
Where dual-use companies are based
| Country | Companies | Share | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 47 | 21.2% | |
| United States | 45 | 20.3% | |
| Canada | 37 | 16.7% | |
| France | 14 | 6.3% | |
| Italy | 13 | 5.9% | |
| Germany | 13 | 5.9% | |
| Netherlands | 11 | 5% | |
| Norway | 11 | 5% | |
| Sweden | 10 | 4.5% | |
| Poland | 8 | 3.6% | |
| Spain | 7 | 3.2% | |
| Finland | 6 | 2.7% |
All tracked companies
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Methodology and limitations
Dual-use is the programme's own framing rather than a per-company label: DIANA selects for technologies with civilian and defence applications, so every tracked company is presented in that context. Themes are derived either from the official challenge area a company was selected under or, where DIANA has no matching challenge area, from the company's own published description.
The tracker does not assess how far along the defence-application path any individual company is, and it holds no export-control classification. Nothing here should be read as a dual-use control determination.
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