The Department of Defense (DOD) is seeking proposals for the topic "Wide Field of View Lensing Spatially Variant Photonic Crystals" as part of their SBIR 24.2 Annual solicitation. The objective of this topic is to design, fabricate, and characterize photonic crystals that offer wide field-of-view lensing capabilities at short-wave and middle-wave infrared wavelengths. The devices should be based on a 3D photonic-crystal architecture with an embedded lensing or focusing capability and should support energy focusing across an ultrawide field of view. The designs must be practical and scalable, and the devices should be comprised of practical materials. The successful team will use open-source tools to perform simulation, design, and analysis to explore a variety of designs and provide proof of concept. The solicitation is open for proposals until June 12, 2024. The Phase I awards will not be made for this topic as it is a Direct-to-Phase-II (D2P2) topic. In Phase II, the awardee(s) will fabricate the most promising designs, undergo inspection and electromagnetic characterization, and demonstrate the devices at AFRL at Eglin AFB. The technology has potential applications in aerospace, automotive, land, and remote sensing industries.