21 October 2026

The Department of War, Office of the Secretary of Defense seeks proposals today for a wafer-scale monolithic graphene-on-CMOS broadband focal plane array to detect targets in low-light across UV to LWIR wavelengths. The same office also closes today on an expeditionary solar refinery that converts water and carbon dioxide into methanol fuel for soldier power sustainment. Two requirements close within the next seven days, five more close within thirty, and a total of ten open solicitations remain this week. The Department of Defense leads with seven active openings, followed by the Department of War with two and the Department of Energy with one. Additional opportunities include an Air Force space environment BAA due in eight days, DARPA's HUBBLE program in fifteen days, and its Firefox brain-computer interface effort in nineteen days.