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STUTTGART, Germany \u2014 NATO\u2019s new technology accelerator<\/a> will launch its inaugural challenges<\/a> next week, meant to draw out innovative solutions from startups that can help solve real-world issues for the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, or DIANA, will open up applications<\/a> for its first set of challenges on June 19, when companies can compete for hundreds of thousands of euros in grant funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hope is to have those selected startups \u201cup and running\u201d with grant support by the end of 2023, said Deeph Chana, DIANA\u2019s managing director<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technology challenges \u2014 in reflecting DIANA\u2019s primary mission \u2014 are meant to support innovative startups and small businesses that are focusing on dual-use science and technology solutions that could help with critical defense issues, Chana recently told reporters in a virtual briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to attract these innovators to the problems that we have in security and defense, but also we want to look at how these [security and defense] problems are set in a much broader context,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we talk about defense, what we\u2019re thinking about is how science and technology can help us, for example, to lower the chances of conflict erupting, as well as having the kind of tools and systems that we need to be able to resolve conflict in more efficient and effective manners in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the challenges?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The initial set of challenges will focus on energy resilience and energy systems; the secure transfer of information and data; and sensing and surveillance capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first challenge area, DIANA is interested in solutions that help supply energy in a more agile, innovative way, and also how to secure the networks and infrastructure of energy systems, Chana said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second area pertains to ensuring \u201ccommunications between different points are actually secure,\u201d he added. \u201cIn some cases, one of the things we\u2019re really interested in there is \u2014 in situations where you don\u2019t have a lot of energy, or you don\u2019t have any bandwidth, or you have difficult comms \u2014 how can you still do that security problem and keep those lines of communication secure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sensing and surveillance challenge has to do with building \u201cnext-generation detectors, and systems of detectors and sensors, to effectively give us an ability to inspect difficult environments,\u201d he said. Specifically, DIANA is interested in the challenge of underwater detection and sensing capabilities, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deeph Chana became the first managing director of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic in May 2023. (NATO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NATO expects about 30 startups to participate in the first set of challenges. Those who make it through the first phase will each receive \u20ac100,000 (about U.S. $108,000) in grants, and those who succeed in making it to the second phase will each receive \u20ac300,000 (about U.S. $324,000) in grant money for a six-month period, Chana said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A panel will evaluate participants. The panel includes investors, subject matter experts in the challenge areas, members of academia and representatives of the end-user community, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s round of challenges will take place at five DIANA accelerator sites on both sides of the Atlantic, according to NATO. Future challenges will take place at other accelerator locations around the alliance\u2019s member nations, and eventually expand to include a greater number of startup participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO touted that benefits for those selected include the fact that DIANA will not ask for intellectual property or equity, but rather wants to \u201cmaximize the growth opportunities for innovators without any typical restrictions.\u201d Participating in the tech challenges will also offer exposure to a trusted investor network \u2014 in particular the nascent NATO Innovation Fund, collaboration opportunities with allied end users and pathways to 31 allied markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, DIANA itself continues to grow since it was formally established last year, and will become operational with the tech challenge launch on June 19. To date, the accelerator is based at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, and another headquarters is planned for Halifax, Canada, Chana said. A regional hub is to open in Tallinn, Estonia. DIANA also hosts a network of almost 100 accelerator sites and test centers across the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accelerator currently hosts about 30 staff, Chana said, with an additional 80 personnel expected to join within the next 12-18 months. That doesn\u2019t include personnel based at the various DIANA accelerator<\/a> sites within the alliance, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start, DIANA is operating with a \u20ac50 million annual budget, Chana said, while emphasizing the organization is currently operating within a \u201cpilot program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDIANA is the first startup of DIANA,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough the pilot process, we will be also learning and developing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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