Notice · not open for bids · United States · Public tender
CPE CBRND Seeking Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) of Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Aluminum Flakes for Screening Obscuration Module - Multispectral (SOM-M)
W6QK Acc-Apg · MD 21010
W6QK Acc-Apg in the United States has published a notice (Sources Sought) about “CPE CBRND Seeking Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) of Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) on Aluminum Flakes for Screening Obscuration Module - Multispectral…”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
US Army seeks makers who can coat aluminum flakes with silicon dioxide by vapor deposition
The US Army is surveying industry for commercial-scale manufacturing of a bispectral obscurant material: aluminum flakes sized 2 to 4 microns coated with silicon dioxide using physical vapor deposition. Production must scale from hundreds of pounds to tons at lower cost. This is a request for information, not a contract; responses are white papers of up to five pages.
Who can win it
- Manufacturers able to perform high-volume physical vapor deposition of silicon dioxide onto aluminum flakes
- Capability to coat aluminum flake sized 2 to 4 microns
- Production scalable to hundreds of pounds up to tons
Key facts
- Procedure
- Sources Sought
- Published
- 29 Sep 2026
- Reference
- W911SR-27-R-SOMM
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