# Advanced Energetics Manufacturing Technical Interchange Meeting

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- Solicitation number: DARPA-SN-26-68
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 8, 2026
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental Development
- First posted: April 24, 2026
- Last posted: April 24, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/46802d7b31e5416390d767dd6bd72c14/view

## Description

**TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETING OBJECTIVE:** DARPA will host an in-person Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) on Advanced Energetics Manufacturing anticipated to occur in approximately May 2026 in Arlington, VA. The purpose of this TIM is to meet with the energetics community to discuss technologies related to increasing the efficiency and/or distributed production of energetic materials, promote additional discussion on this topic, address questions from industry and government stakeholders, and provide a forum for industry to present their capabilities.

**BACKGROUND:** Energetics in the U.S. are produced almost exclusively using batch processing in large mixers with highly concentrated, pure input materials due to the susceptibility to impurities from the large reaction volume and limited control. Furthermore, these are fixed systems designed to only produce one class of product and require a large footprint (acres) of secondary processing to safely handle in batches. These legacy approaches are hindered by cost, size, and technical expertise required to operate and maintain multiple, different dedicated energetics processing reactors for both explosive and propellant needs.

## Publications

- April 24, 2026: Special notice, due May 8, 2026. Notice 46802d7b31e5416390d767dd6bd72c14. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/46802d7b31e5416390d767dd6bd72c14/view

## Points of contact

- BAA Coordinator, DARPA-SN-26-68@darpa.mil

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