Ottawa – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (Nato) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (Diana) has announced the successful innovators in 2024’s competitive challenges. These firms – seven of whom are Canadian – will be joining Nato Diana’s 2025 cohort of innovators. Challenges focused on several innovation areas in security and defence, including data and information security, critical infrastructure and logistics, and human health and performance.
Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, congratulated the seven successful Canadian innovators:
- Quantropi (data and information security)
- SDQ Solutions Canada (data and information security)
- Synaptrain Technologies Inc. (data and information security)
- TACTIQL (data and information security)
- Reaction Dynamics (critical infrastructure and logistics)
- Flosonics Medical (human health and performance)
- Qidni Labs Inc. (human health and performance)
These innovators will receive funding to develop their technology and have access to the Nato Diana network of accelerators and test centres across the Alliance. Through this network, innovators will receive training, expert feedback, development support and opportunities to test their technology in specialized environments.
The Nato Diana North American Regional Office officially opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in October 2024.
“Nato’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (Diana) is investing in emerging disruptive technologies so that Nato maintains its technological edge in a rapidly shifting global environment. The success of seven Canadian innovators in this 2025 Nato Diana cohort shows that Canada is ready to answer that challenge, along with the best and brightest in the world.” – Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence