The Board of Directors of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), the NATO body tasked with identifying and fostering innovation to generate defense and security benefits, has approved a budget for next year that includes five new DIANA test centers in Romania. The budget approval was announced by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest and represents an expansion of Romania’s role in the DIANA network. ICI Bucharest welcomed the decision and vowed to support the development of national research, testing, and innovation infrastructures relevant to the field of emerging and dual-use technologies. “The approval of the proposal to include five new DIANA test centers in Romania in next year’s budget is an important achievement for our country.