Out of 3,680 submissions, with a highly competitive 4% success rate, I'm excited to share that Ethicronics has been selected for the NATO DIANA 2026 Challenge Programme cohort 🚀

Over the next six months, we will work even harder to advance our electronics hardware assurance technology, leveraging DIANA’s unique network to:

• Engage directly with defence and security end-users

• Refine our technology against real operational needs

• Accelerate the path from innovation to adoption

Being part of the DIANA Programme 2026 cohort is a strong validation of both the problem we are tackling and the approach we are taking at the intersection of hardware, security, and dual-use innovation.

Proud to join an outstanding group of innovators shaping the future of defence and security.

👉 Full list of selected companies: https://lnkd.in/eMHcMDWa

Three places. Three ecosystems. One shared ambition: advancing trusted, resilient technologies at the intersection of hardware, security, and sovereignty.

There has never been a more important moment to strengthen collaboration across hardware, security, and trusted technologies—the foundations of defence, resilience, and technological sovereignty. While Ethicronics is a small but ambitious company spanning software, hardware, and security, we are deeply committed to contributing to these ecosystems and building bridges between the UK and France.
   

My visit had nothing to do with the recent AIRBUS hardware/software security incident, now fixed, pure coincidence. External disturbances are not new: during my PhD, I worked on light-induced bit flips, much like solar radiation effects in space. There are standards, countermeasures, and deep expertise, on both the hardware and software sides.                         

Finally, wearing my Ethicronics CEO hat, it was a pleasure to serve, for the first time, as a PhD examiner for Dr Lamoussa Sanogo. A great moment to reconnect with local and cross-border communities, including fellow Franco-British Council Young Leader Sally Onn, a leader at ATR (an Airbus/Leonardo joint venture)