Carbon Crunch

Location: Federal
Posted: Mar 5, 2026
Due: Mar 3, 2026
Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
Type of Government: Federal
Category:
  • A - Research and development
Solicitation No: DARPA-PS-26-15
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DARPA-PS-26-15
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DEPT OF DEFENSE
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DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
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General Information View Changes
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Mar 05, 2026 06:07 pm EST
  • Original Published Date: Jan 30, 2026 01:07 pm EST
  • Updated Date Offers Due: Mar 03, 2026 04:00 pm EST
  • Original Date Offers Due: Mar 03, 2026 04:00 pm EST
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Aug 02, 2026
  • Original Inactive Date: Aug 02, 2026
  • Initiative:
    • None
Classification
  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
  • NAICS Code:
    • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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Description View Changes
Carbon Crunch aims to enable scalable, fast, and agile production of hypersonic aeroshells. The program will focus on accelerating carbon-carbon (C-C) hypersonic aeroshell production by developing and applying cutting-edge composite manufacturing methods that are inherently faster and more scalable. Performers will be asked to demonstrate an end-to-end manufacturing process (from raw materials to near-net-shape densification) that demonstrates high quality, rapid production, and quick design-cycle turnaround. Once the process demonstrates reasonable cost and orders-of-magnitude improvement in throughput, the technology can be transitioned to hypersonic programs of record.
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Contracting Office Address
  • 675 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET
  • ARLINGTON , VA 222032114
  • USA
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History

Related Document

Feb 1, 2026[Solicitation (Original)] Carbon Crunch
Feb 5, 2026[Solicitation (Updated)] Carbon Crunch
Apr 1, 2026[Solicitation (Updated)] Carbon Crunch
Apr 2, 2026[Solicitation (Updated)] Carbon Crunch
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