Ministry: Hungary aiming to become NATO's European innovation hub

Hungary is in the running to host regional offices, accelerator sites and test centres using civilian innovation for security in the framework of NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) scheme, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) said on Thursday. Modelled after the US Pentagon's future warfare and technology agency DARPA, the DIANA programme aims to create an innovation ecosystem that would also involve university, research institute and governmental partners, the ministry said in a statement.