{"id":35451,"date":"2021-06-22T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/22\/nato-hopes-to-launch-new-defense-tech-accelerator-by-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:35:00","slug":"nato-hopes-to-launch-new-defense-tech-accelerator-by-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2021\/06\/22\/nato-hopes-to-launch-new-defense-tech-accelerator-by-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO hopes to launch new defense tech accelerator by 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STUTTGART, Germany \u2014 In less than two years, NATO hopes to have its own, modified version of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) up and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_185000.htm?s=03\">Alliance members agreed at the 31st annual summit, held June 14 in Brussels, <\/a>to launch a new initiative dubbed the Defence Innovation Accelerator of the North Atlantic, or DIANA, meant to speed up trans-Atlantic cooperation on critical technologies, and help NATO work more closely with private-sector entities, academia and other non-governmental entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to have DIANA reach initial operating capability (IOC) by 2023, David van Weel, assistant secretary-general for emerging security challenges, said at a Tuesday virtual roundtable with reporters. By next year, the hope is to have \u201cthe initial parts \u2026 starting to come up into fruition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the long term, DIANA will have headquarters both in North America and in Europe, and link to existing test centers throughout NATO member countries that will be used for \u201cvalidating, testing, and co-designing applications in the field of emerging and disruptive technologies,\u201d van Weel said. DIANA will also be responsible for building and managing a network meant to help relevant startups grow and support NATO\u2019s technology needs via grant programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus will be on national security and defense purposes, and DIANA will not ask for or solicit companies\u2019 intellectual property, van Weel noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While he singled out artificial intelligence, big-data processing, and quantum-enabled technologies, DIANA is meant to support all seven of the key emerging and disruptive technologies \u2014 or EDTs \u2014 that NATO has identified as critical for the future. The other four include: autonomy, biotechnology, hypersonics and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes a technology company may not realize that their product could be viable for the defense community, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One key component of DIANA will be a trusted capital marketplace, where smaller companies can connect with pre-qualified investors who are interested in supporting NATO\u2019s technology efforts. Ensuring that investors are vetted ahead of time will allow NATO to ensure \u201cthat the technology will be protected from illicit transfers,\u201d van Weel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund is modeled after a The U.S. Defense Department set up its own trusted capital marketplace in 2019 as a tool that  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/05\/10\/to-counter-china-pentagon-wants-to-create-patriotic-investors\/\">then-DoD acquisition czar Ellen Lord said could help encourage domestically based venture capitalists to fund national security and defense projects.<\/a> That marketplace served as inspiration for the announced NATO trusted capital marketplace, per the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members also agreed for the first time to build up a venture capital fund to support companies developing dual-use and key technologies that could be useful to NATO, and which will be optional for member-nations to participate in. The NATO Innovation Fund, as it\u2019s called, would have a running time of about 15 years to start, and would be underwritten by about 70 million euro (about $83 million) per year, per van Weel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is not for NATO headquarters or for its member-nations to run the innovation fund, he noted. \u201cThe actual running of a venture capital fund, we believe, should be done by companies that have a broad range of experience in the field.\u201d He cited the U.S.-based capital venture firm In-Q-Tel as an example of the type of partner NATO would seek to run the \u201cday-to-day\u201d business of the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI read somewhere that NATO is not a bank\u2014we\u2019re not,\u201d van Weel said. \u201cBut it will be the nations providing the funds, and giving the general direction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two initiatives of a technology accelerator and innovation fund are \u201chopefully going to \u2026 bring the alliance forward into the 21st century,\u201d van Weel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATO has previously invested in information technology (IT) and software through the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), but the difference with the innovation fund, and DIANA, is that the alliance wants to better connect with early-stage startups, rather than larger software companies or traditional defense firms, van Weel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDIANA is not about taking over innovation for the NATO enterprise,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a different community, and requires different funding mechanisms and different types of engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two initiatives have been long awaited and demanded by NATO observers, and versions of both a \u201cDARPA-like\u201d technology accelerator and an alliance-wide investment bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/nato_static_fl2014\/assets\/pdf\/2021\/3\/pdf\/210303-EDT-adv-grp-annual-report-2020.pdf\">were included in a 2020 list of recommendations by NATO\u2019s advisory group on emerging and disruptive technologies.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it is still early days. While the IOC goal is 2023, \u201cstep one is we want to know from allies what they want to offer to DIANA,\u201d van Weel said. Once the NATO Innovation Fund has its participating members, for example, a charter will be set up that will lay out the funding models, rapid contracting processes, and leadership guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are trying to do this as fast as we can,\u201d van Weel assured, but then noted, \u201cwe do want to get it right, because \u2026 with the startup community, you only get one chance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In less than two years, the alliance hopes to have its own, modified version of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency up and 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