Carbon Crunch

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
State: Federal
Type of Government: Federal
FSC Category:
  • A - Research and development
NAICS Category:
  • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Posted Date: Apr 1, 2026
Due Date: Apr 24, 2026
Solicitation No: DARPA-PS-26-15
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Carbon Crunch
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Contract Opportunity
Notice ID
DARPA-PS-26-15
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Department/Ind. Agency
DEPT OF DEFENSE
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DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
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DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
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General Information View Changes
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Apr 01, 2026 03:44 pm EDT
  • Original Published Date: Jan 30, 2026 01:07 pm EST
  • Updated Date Offers Due: Apr 24, 2026 04:00 pm EDT
  • Original Date Offers Due: Mar 03, 2026 04:00 pm EST
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Aug 14, 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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Please contact the Carbon Crunch email for Amendment 0002.



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
Primary Point of Contact
Secondary Point of Contact


History

Related Document

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