This solicitation closed on May 13, 2026
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AI Overview
Develop advanced, rapidly manufactured CBRN sensor technologies that can be produced closer to operational environments. These flexible sensing capabilities aim to reduce complex supply chain dependencies and enable faster, more resilient chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection at the point of need.
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Official Description
The Department of Defense is looking for FFM of robust CBRN sensors that require limited logistical footprints. This topic seeks capabilities that shift reliance away from protracted and/or brittle supply chain dependencies and towards faster, more efficient, and point-of-need (e.g., Far Forward) manufacturing of CBRN sensing capabilities.
Advanced manufacturing approaches have made significant gains in consolidating assemblies, resource conservation (weight and material savings), increased cus...
Change History
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Opportunity CBD254-008 no longer available
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Status changed from Open to Open
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
**Q1 Answer Added:** Clarifies D2P2 IP licensing requirements—signed letter of intent to license pending award OR license to evaluate/research the technology are both sufficient to demonstrate legal ability to pursue the project. All other Q&As (Q2-Q8) remain unchanged.
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
**New Q&A Added:** Q1 addresses Direct to Phase 2 (D2P2) proposals and IP licensing requirements, asking whether a signed letter of intent to license pending funding award or a research/evaluation license constitutes sufficient demonstration of licensure. **(Answer not yet provided in updated version.)** All other Q&As (Q2-Q9) remain substantively unchanged from the previous version, with identical questions and answers.
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
# Summary of Q&A Changes **New Answer Added:** - **Q1 now has an answer** clarifying that hybrid architecture approaches are in scope, specifically allowing stationary readers assembled elsewhere paired with far-forward-manufactured disposable sensor elements (consumables). **No other substantive changes.** Questions 2-8 retain identical answers from the previous version.
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
# Q&A Changes Summary **New Question Added:** - Q1: Clarification on hybrid architecture scope—whether Far Forward Manufacturing can focus primarily on disposable dipstick-type sensing elements paired with a stationary reader assembled elsewhere (answer not yet provided). **No Substantive Answer Changes:** All previously answered questions (Q2-Q8, formerly Q1-Q7) retain identical answers. The update appears to be primarily administrative reordering with one new unanswered question inserted at the beginning.
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
**Changes to Q&A Section:** Only Q7 A3 was updated. The answer to the reagent storage question was completed—previously cut off mid-sentence, it now fully states: "The topic seeks capabilities that shift away from a reliance on historically brittle supply chain dependencies, such as cold chain." This clarifies that proposals should minimize cold-chain requirements for reagent storage.
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Status changed from Pre-Release to Open
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Close Date changed from 2026-03-04 to 2026-04-29
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Open Date changed from 2026-02-11 to 2026-04-01
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Close Date changed from 2026-02-25 to 2026-03-04
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Open Date changed from 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-11
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Close Date changed from 2026-02-11 to 2026-02-25
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Open Date changed from 2026-01-21 to 2026-02-04
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Close Date changed from 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-11
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Open Date changed from 2026-01-14 to 2026-01-21
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
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Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
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Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
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Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
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