LONDON (September 4, 2025): NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) is proud to announce the selection of 15 innovators advancing into Phase 2 of the DIANA Accelerator Programme – a critical step towards turning innovative technologies into operational capabilities for the NATO Alliance.
Innovators selected for Phase 2 represent the cutting edge of defence innovation across NATO. The 15 companies come from a 2025 cohort of 73 companies, selected through DIANA’s highly competitive challenge call which received over 2,600 proposals. The companies will receive €300,000 in non-dilutive funding, as well as continued access to NATO test centres, and tailored support to accelerate adoption.
Selected companies are based in 10 countries across the NATO Alliance and tackle complex defence, security and resilience challenges – offering solutions across cybersecurity, biotech, robotics, uncrewed vehicles, space and maritime defence. They are:
• Kelluu – Finland
• IS Wireless Sp. z o.o. – Poland
• Wayren – Estonia
• 52 North Health – UK
• RVmagnetics, a.s. – Slovakia
• Tactical Edge Systems – USA
• MANITTY – France
• Reaction Dynamics – Canada
• DeltaOrbit GmbH – Germany
• Telearmy – Estonia
• Swaza – USA
• Zelim – UK
• Alea Quantum Technologies – Denmark
• TACTIQL – Canada
• Kinnami Software Corporation – USA
“DIANA is NATO’s innovation engine. We are finding the most innovative technologies from the market; we are helping these talented innovators fine-tune their technologies and grow their businesses; and we are connecting the companies to end users so that NATO defence ministriesNATO UNCLASSIFIED can adopt new technologies at the speed of relevance, including through DIANA’s Rapid Adoption Service.”
“Phase 2 is a pivotal stage in our Accelerator Programme, and I congratulate these companies for making and taking this next step”, said James Appathurai, Managing Director of NATO DIANA.
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