DIANA’S 2024 CHALLENGES

DIANA’s challenges are now open for submissions. We invite innovators with ground-breaking dual-use technologies to apply.

CROSS-CUTTING THEMES

Three cross-cutting themes are designed to encourage innovators to consider the interconnection of applications and technologies across different domains.

1.Space

The environment of Space represents a vast and largely unexplored frontier with immense potential for scientific discovery and technological innovation. It encompasses a wide range of technical challenges, from space exploration and astronomy to satellite technology and space-based communication systems and sensing. Cutting across the challenges, space-based technologies involve topics that span climate change, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing.

2.Resilience

The Resilience theme emphasises the need for solutions and technologies that can withstand and quickly recover from disruptions or threats across all domains. The goal is to develop resilient energy systems, secure and robust data infrastructures, durable sensing and surveillance systems, adaptable human health and performance strategies, and strong critical infrastructures and logistics that can withstand various operational environments.

3.Sustainability

A key part of responsible innovation, the Sustainability theme encourages solutions that meet current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It seeks to emphasise the importance of developing and implementing environmentally friendly, energy-efficient technologies and practices that ensure long-term viability.