Bid document

DARPA-SN-27-18

Industry Day
Special Notice DARPA-SN-27-18

Laguna
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Biological Technologies Office (BTO)
Posting Date: November 12, 2026
Event Date: December 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Registration Deadline: December 2, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Registration Website: https://creative.spa.com/darpa/bto/laguna/industryday Technical POC: Dr. William Mounfield, BTO Program Manager E-mail: [email protected]

INDUSTRY DAY DESCRIPTION:

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a virtual Industry Day in support of the DARPA Program Solicitation (PS) for Laguna on December 9, 2026. DARPA anticipates releasing a draft of the program solicitation prior to Industry Day. When released, the solicitation will be made available at https://sam.gov/. The goals of the Industry Day are:
1. To introduce the science and technology community (industry, academia, and government) to the Laguna program vision and goals;
2. To facilitate interaction between researchers with capabilities and interests relevant to the Laguna program goals; and
3. To collect questions during the event that DARPA may answer and make available in a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document
The Industry Day will include overview presentations by the program manager and government personnel to inform about potential areas of interest for future research opportunities. It is anticipated
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PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION:

The Department of War (DoW) depends on specialty chemical products to sustain the performance, maintainability, and readiness of defense systems. Many of the fine chemical intermediates and formulated specialty chemical products required for these applications depend on vulnerable foreign supply chains. The goal of the Laguna program is to develop and demonstrate integrated manufacturing approaches that directly convert abundant domestic feedstocks into application-ready specialty chemical formulations, while minimizing intermediate separations, processing steps, or downstream reformulation. Target areas include advanced protective and functional coatings for aircraft, ground vehicles, maritime systems, and infrastructure; composite resins and adhesives for lightweight structural assemblies, repair, and

DARPA-SN-27-18

bonding applications; high-performance polymeric materials and molded structural components;