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Additional perks include access to alliance testing facilities and the ability to seek advice from NATO\u2019s science-and-technology community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diana.nato.int\/\">Dubbed DIANA<\/a>, the organization is tasked with sniffing out potentially disruptive technologies hiding in the startup scenes of NATO member nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prospect of unearthing fresh tech talent among companies outside the military\u2019s traditional supply chains has excited defense leaders on both sides of the Atlantic for years. In the case of DIANA, the focus lies on nursing ideas with both military and civilian applications, Chana told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because the companies\u2019 business propositions are stronger with feet in both worlds, Chana said. A company making mobile energy storage devices, for example, will serve requirements for expeditionary troop deployments as well as civilian projects in austere environments, making the business more \u201cinvestable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIANA\u2019s dual-use requirement also means the chosen projects must be useful in \u201creducing the likelihood of conflict\u201d in the first place and mitigating harm to populations while they are ongoing, Chana said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a weapons program,\u201d he said. Rather, the idea is to mature technologies that could work as tactical combat enablers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies picked for grants are free to leave the NATO space at any time, and there are no classification requirements associated with the work \u2014 incentives officials hope will widen the pool of applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of DIANA\u2019s focus areas is sensing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/01\/09\/europeans-wade-into-fighting-seabed-threats-with-drones-and-sensors\/\">threats on the seabed<\/a>, a discipline catapulted into the headlines with the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline<b> <\/b>in the Baltic Sea in September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s an area where there were a huge amount of challenges in developing sensors and detectors,\u201d Chana said. 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