# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=sbir-research-and-development 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Monolithic graphene–CMOS broadband focal-plane arrays for low-light target detection" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/8d05d37f-9487-4a8a-bfc7-06033e802f0d/graphene-cmos-broadband-focal-plane-arrays-low-light-target-detection" last-updated: 2026-10-13T20:27:05.669755+00:00 --- # Monolithic graphene–CMOS broadband focal-plane arrays for low-light target detection An open Department of Defense SBIR topic seeks broadband UV-to-long-wave-infrared focal-plane arrays that combine graphene with CMOS read-out for naval imaging in low-light conditions. The topic identifies wafer-scale material uniformity, repeatable CMOS integration, stable low-noise response and a fieldable imaging array as the main technical objectives. - Status: open - Country: US - Buyer: DOW / OSD - Submission deadline: 2026-10-21 (date) - Original notice: https://www.sbir.gov/topics/12965 - Source checked: 2026-10-13T20:20:22.738122Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "8d05d37f-9487-4a8a-bfc7-06033e802f0d", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-13T20:27:05.669755+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-13T20:20:22.738122Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/8d05d37f-9487-4a8a-bfc7-06033e802f0d/graphene-cmos-broadband-focal-plane-arrays-low-light-target-detection", "locale": "en", "title": "Monolithic graphene–CMOS broadband focal-plane arrays for low-light target detection", "summary": "An open Department of Defense SBIR topic seeks broadband UV-to-long-wave-infrared focal-plane arrays that combine graphene with CMOS read-out for naval imaging in low-light conditions. 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This topic seeks to retire the principal risks that stand between these demonstrations and a fieldable naval imager: (1) graphene material quality and uniformity at the wafer scale — carrier mobility, Dirac-point control, low hysteresis, and low defect density (e.g., Raman D-to-G intensity ratio) held tight across full wafers and lot to lot; (2) repeatable, high-yield BEOL transfer, encapsulation, patterning, and contacting of graphene on CMOS read-out wafers; (3) absorber sensitization and passivation that deliver uniform, stable, low-noise broadband response; and (4) an imaging FPA meeting the noise-equivalent irradiance, dynamic range, frame rate, operability, and stability required for naval ISR. 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For this reason, you should use the agency link listed below which will take you directly to the appropriate agency server where you can read the official version of this solicitation and download the appropriate forms and rules.\nView Official Solicitation\nRelease Schedule\nRelease Date\nSeptember 2, 2026\nOpen Date\nSeptember 23, 2026\nDue Date(s)\nOctober 21, 2026\nClose Date\nOctober 21, 2026\nDescription\nThe Navy continues to field multiple seeker technologies to detect, identify and engage targets in multi-domain operations through obscurants. However, you cannot detect something you cannot see. Each wavelength range provide unique opportunity to glean information. Currently, for each wavelength range a distinct material system technology is required: AlGaN for UV, analog devices for NIR, InGaAs for short wavelength infrared (SWIR), HgCdTe (MCT) and III-V strain-layer superlattice (SLS) detectors for MWIR-LWIR. 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