DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attch_E_Milestone_and_Payment_Schedule.xlsx
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This is a Milestone and Payment Schedule template for the DARPA Firefox program, a 36-month effort structured in three 12-month phases focused on developing advanced optical and signal processing technologies for non-invasive brain-computer interfaces.
The schedule contains two technical areas with distinct deliverables. Task Area 1 (TA1) focuses on optical scanning and steering componentry, with 16 milestones progressing from a kickoff meeting through design, characterization, and demonstration phases to final delivery and reporting. Key Phase 1 metrics include achieving scan rates under 100 milliseconds with 10 mW optical transmit power and M² < 2; Phase 2 escalates to 10 millisecond scan rates with 100 mW power; Phase 3 targets 1 millisecond scan rates with a full 1 steradian field of view and 100 independent coordinate targets. Task Area 2 (TA2) addresses speckle field processing and analog computation, with 16 milestones progressing from baseline data compression designs through phase alignment demonstrations to final processing hardware delivery. TA2 metrics include: Phase 1 requiring 24-bit dynamic range and 16-speckle phase alignment within 10 milliseconds; Phase 2 requiring 32-speckle alignment within 100 microseconds; Phase 3 requiring 100-speckle alignment within 1 microsecond with over 50% optical collection efficiency. All milestones require formal deliverables acceptable to DARPA, including technical reports, design reviews, site visit demonstrations, and hardware/model handoffs to independent verification and validation teams. Payment is contingent upon milestone completion rather than success metrics achievement, allowing for potential program redirection if performance falls short of targets. The template provides guidance that milestone payments must reflect actual comprehensive costs specific to each milestone rather than equal divisions of total contract value, with no advance payments permitted.
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| DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attach_D_Cost_Proposal_Spreadsheet.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attach_C_Model_OT_for_Prototype.docx | DOCX document | |
| DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attch_B_Abstract_Template.docx | DOCX document | |
| DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attch_A_Abstract_Summary_Template.pptx | PPTX presentation | |
| DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attch_F_OPP_Guidelines_and_Instructions.docx | DOCX document | |
| DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attch_G_Risk_Matrix.pptx | PPTX presentation |
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Milestones instructions Please complete this schedule of milestones and payments spreadsheet for all OT Agreement. This should contain information about proposed milestones, due dates, deliverables, and payments associated. The results from payable milestones will be used for strategic planning and/or inform programmatic decision. At a minimum, key critical milestones must be included for the proposed effort. Tasks and targets should be keyed to the Task Description Document. Note that "AAA" denotes "after agreementt award", and the highlighted sections are not to be filled out by proposers.
Helpful notes for Milestones:
• Each milestone will mark the completion of a measurable event (i.e., completing a baseline execution plan, completing measurable events in the performance of the research and development of the technology, completing and submitting the final report, etc.).
• Deliverable narrative should provide description of what is being delivered, the word “Report” is not sufficient. “Status/Progress/Reports” cannot be milestones.
• The milestone description will show how the milestone will be demonstrably completed.
• Payments associated with each milestone must reflect the actual comprehensive costs to achieve milestone completion. (Note do not take total cost and divide by number of milestones)
• Although this is a R&D effort the amounts against each milestone should NOT be the same. consider what actually goes into the pricing of that particular milestone as each milestone should have its own cost. (If amounts remain the same, please clearly expand the deliverable description)
• The milestones need to be more definitive and consider what actually goes into the pricing of that particular milestone.
• The milestone description will show how the milestone will be demonstrably completed.
• No advance payments on milestones
Three Milestone Examples:
| • | Kickoff Meeting presentation including project design, acquisition of equipment, and overall workflow leading to accomplishment of deliverables. Kickoff briefing package will include team organization, technical approach and research goals, expected results and schedule, and risk and mitigation strategies |
| • | Kick-off meeting presentation with description of proposed effort to include the description of proposed concept, focus area and potential application domain; Justification of proposed approach based on preliminary analyses or modeling; Justification of the benefits of the proposed scheme in achieving beyond-XXX performance in the potential application domain; Description and preliminary analyses of the proposed concept metrics that will be achieved during the period of performance, and comparison of these metrics to the current XXX. All supporting positions identified in the proposal are assigned to personnel, and names are provided to the Government. Order materials and equipment. |
| • | Design XXXX molecule candidate(s) and investigate simulated molecular conformation changes induced by the onset and offset of light in the range of XXXX nm to XXXX nm, as well as simulated binding to target protein(s) of interest in the presence of XXXX light. METRIC: XXXX candidates demonstrate molecular conformation change in the presence of XXXX light in the range of XXX to XXX nm, and bind to target protein(s) of interest in the presence of XXXX light in a simulated environment. |
Two Exit Criteria Examples:
• Submit kickoff meeting charts and Initial Test Plan
• Submit Milestone report describing design approach and molecular structure(s) of XXXX and simulation results.
TA1 MS & Payment Schedule
| 3 | |||||||
| Milestone # | Milestones (Description) | Exit Criteria/Deliverable | Gov't Acceptance | Due | |||
| Date | Payment | Funded | CLIN | ||||
| SUBCLIN | ACRN | ||||||
| Propose additional Milestones as needed … | |||||||
| Phase 1 (12 months) | |||||||
| 1 | Kickoff Meeting: A briefing on the technical plan for the effort to include milestone schedule and path to accomplish the objectives of the program and agreement. | • Kickoff meeting briefing slides • Lead time list for necessary components, if applicable | Deliverables are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 1 ACA | |||
| 2 | Design baseline optical configurations, initial component designs and strategies towards meeting initial Phase 1 metrics | •Milestone report describing design approach, initial component designs, and strategies for development | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 3 ACA | |||
| 3 | Characterize optical componentry scan rate and FOV | •Milestone report detailing data and figures to support initial scan rate and FOV over phantom or other testbed | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 6 ACA | |||
| 4 | Site Visit Demonstration: Initial demonstration of early-stage optical scanning/steering/rastering assemblies on standard scattering phantoms; Design Review: Brief the program team and IV&V team on demonstrable progress and plans towards meeting final program metrics. METRIC: Componentry achieves scan rate < 100 ms and meets optical transmit power and beam quality metric of 10 mW average power at M^2 < 2 with a beam waist at aperture of > 2mm | •Successful demonstration of initial scanning/steering/rastering assemblies •Submission of brief for design review | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 9 ACA | |||
| 5 | Phase 1 Handoff to IV&V teams | • Delivery of scanning/rastering componentry to IV&V teams for testing and validation | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 11 ACA | |||
| 6 | Phase 1 end and final exam. METRIC: Componentry meets field of view (FOV) = 0.5 sr, < 100 ms full volume scan, 10 mW of optical transmit power, M^2 < 2 with a beam waist at aperture of > 2 mm, a focus length of 15-25 mm (in air), and 20 independent coordinate targets within FOV | • Milestone report detailing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 1 as well as progress against final program goals. Should include data and figures to support fulfilment of all Phase 1 metrics | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 12 ACA | |||
| Phase 2 (12 months) | |||||||
| 7 | Constrain scanning/rastering/steering assemblies to meet the requirements for tethered operation - interfacing with a 50-micron core multi-mode fiber for receiver and single-mode fiber for transmitter | • Milestone report including design specifications for tethered scanning/rastering/steering componentry including SWaP parameters | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 15 ACA | |||
| 8 | Demonstrate improved scanning/steering/rastering performance of componentry. METRIC: Scan rate = 10 ms full volume scan rate across > 0.5 sr | • Milestone report detailing approach and resulting data to support improved scanning performance for developed componentry | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 20 ACA | |||
| 9 | Site Visit Demonstration: Demonstration of mid-stage optical scanning/steering/rastering assemblies on standard scattering phantoms showing near completion of FOV and scan rate goals for Phase 2; Design Review: Brief the program team and IV&V team on demonstrable progress and plans towards meeting final program metrics. METRIC: Componentry achieves scan rate < 10 ms and meets optical transmit power and beam quality metric of 100 mW average power at M^2 < 2 with a beam waist at aperture of > 2mm | •Successful demonstration of mid-stage scanning/steering/rastering assemblies •Submission of brief for design review | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 21 ACA | |||
| 10 | Phase 2 Handoff to IV&V teams | • Delivery of scanning/rastering componentry to IV&V teams for testing and validation | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 22 ACA | |||
| 11 | Phase 2 end and final exam. METRIC: Componentry meets field of view (FOV) > 0.5 sr, < 10 ms full volume scan, and 100 mW of optical transmit power. Componentry is capable of fiber-tethered operation | • Milestone report detailing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 2 as well as progress against final program goals. Should include data and figures to support fulfilment of all Phase 2 metrics | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 24 ACA | |||
| Phase 3 (12 months) | |||||||
| 12 | Demonstrate improved scanning/steering/rastering performance of componentry over target volume. METRIC: Scan rate improvement of < 5 ms full scan of > 0.5 sr FOV, over < 100 coordinates | • Milestone report detailing data and results demonstrating progress against 100 dynamic steering/rastering coordinates over target FOV approaching Phase 3 final metrics | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 28 ACA | |||
| 13 | Site Visit Demonstration: Demonstration of end-stage optical scanning/steering/rastering assemblies on standard scattering phantoms showing near completion of FOV, coordinate point, and scan rate goals for Phase 3; Design Review: Brief the program team and IV&V team on demonstrable progress and plans towards meeting final program metrics. METRIC: Scan rate improvement to < 1 ms full scan of 1 sr over < 100 coordinates | •Successful demonstration of end-stage scanning/steering/rastering assemblies •Submission of brief for design review | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 32 ACA | |||
| 14 | Phase 3 end and final metric alignment. METRIC: Componentry meets field of view (FOV) > 1.0 sr, < 100 µs full volume scan, can target 100 independent coordinate points within FOV | • Milestone report detailing componentry adherence to metrics. Should include data and figures to support fulfilment of all Phase 3 metrics | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 33 ACA | |||
| 15 | Final Handoff to IV&V teams | • Delivery of final scanning/rastering componentry to IV&V teams for testing and validation | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 34 ACA | |||
| 16 | Phase 3 Final Reporting | • Milestone report describing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 3 as well as final alignment with program goals. | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 36 ACA | |||
| … Propose your own as needed … | |||||||
| Total Agreement | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |||||
| *Tasks and targets are keyed to Task Description Document | |||||||
| HIGHLIGHTED SECTION NOT TO BE FILLED OUT BY PROPOSERS |
Attachment 3 - Schedule of Milestones and Payments
TA2 MS & Payment Schedule
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| Milestone # | Milestones (Description) | Exit Criteria/Deliverable | Gov't Acceptance | Due | |
| Date | Payment | Funded | CLIN | ||
| SUBCLIN | ACRN | ||||
| Propose additional Milestones as needed … | |||||
| Phase 1 (12 months) | |||||
| 1 | Kickoff Meeting: A briefing on the technical plan for the effort to include milestone schedule and path to accomplish the objectives of the program and agreement. | • Kickoff meeting briefing slides • Lead time list for necessary components, if applicable | |||
| Deliverables are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 1 ACA | ||||
| 2 | Denote baseline data compression paths, analog computation designs, and strategies towards meeting initial Phase 1 metrics | •Milestone report describing design approach, progress initial data compression strategies and analog computation designs | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 3 ACA | |
| 3 | Demonstrate ability to align 16-speckle field through simulation of proposed processing designs. METRIC: 16 individual speckled aligned (per sample, per channel) | •Submission of execution model and/or data showing phase alignment of a 16-speckle-field using proposed analog processing | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 6 ACA | |
| 4 | Site Visit Demonstration: Initial demonstration of early-stage speckle field processing on sample dataset with benchmarking of decorrelation time; Design Review: Brief the program team and IV&V team on demonstrable progress and plans towards meeting final program metrics. METRIC: Phase align 16 speckle within 10 ms | •Successful demonstration of initial speckle field processing •Submission of brief for design review | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 9 ACA | |
| 5 | Phase 1 Handoff to IV&V teams | • Delivery of initial models of analog processing to IV&V teams for testing and validation | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 11 ACA | |
| 6 | Phase 1 end and metric alignment. METRIC: 24-bit dynamic range, speckle density of 16 individual speckles per sample per channel, phase alignment rate of 16 speckle phase aligned within 10 ms, optical collection efficiency > 10% | • Milestone report detailing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 1 as well as progress against final program goals. Should include data and figures to support fulfilment of all Phase 1 metrics | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 12 ACA | |
| Phase 2 (12 months) | |||||
| 7 | Demonstrate ability to phase combine. METRIC: 32 individual speckles aligned (per sample, per channel) | •Submission of execution model and/or data showing phase alignment of a 32-speckle field using proposed processing | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 18 ACA | |
| 8 | Site Visit Demonstration: mid-stage demonstration of speckle field processing showing successful phase combination of > 3x3 speckle field with 10 ms latency; Design Review: Brief the program team and IV&V team on demonstrable progress and plans towards meeting final program metrics. METRIC: Phase align 32 speckle within 100 µs | •Demonstration of mid-stage speckle field processing and alignment rate •Submission of brief for design review |
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| @Roa, Laura (contr-bto) I removed the term "successful" from this exit criteria because sometimes, they will not succeed. Payment is determined by a completion of a milestone event, so even if their program does not exceed, we still pay them. We just may have to descope them or redirect them afterward. | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 21 ACA | |||||
| 9 | Phase 2 Handoff to IV&V teams | • Delivery of models/processing hardware to IV&V teams for testing and validation | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 22 ACA | |||
| 10 | Phase 2 end and metric alignment. METRIC: Speckle density of 32 speckle per sample per channel, phase alignment rate of 32 speckle within 100 µs, optical collection efficiency > 20% | • Milestone report detailing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 2 as well as progress against final program goals. Should include data and figures to support fulfilment of all Phase 2 metrics | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 24 ACA | |||
| Phase 3 (12 months) | |||||||
| 11 | Demonstrate ability to phase combine. METRIC: 100 individual speckles aligned (per sample, per channel) | •Submission of execution model and/or data showing alignment of 100 speckle | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 28 ACA | |||
| 12 | Site Visit Demonstration: end-stage demonstration of speckle field processing showing successful phase combination of 10x10 speckle field with < 1 ms latency; Design Review: Brief the program team and IV&V team on demonstrable progress and plans towards meeting final program metrics. METRIC: Phase align 100 speckle within 1 µs | •Successful demonstration of end-stage speckle field processing •Submission of brief for design review | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 32 ACA | |||
| 13 | Phase 3 metric alignment. METRIC: Speckle density of 100 speckle per sample per channel, phase alignment rate of 100 speckle within 1 µs, optical collection efficiency > 50% | • Milestone report demonstrating final adherence to phase alignment density, alignment rate, and optical collection efficiency | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 33 ACA | |||
| 14 | Phase 3 Handoff to IV&V teams | • Delivery of final models/processing hardware to IV&V teams for testing and validation | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 34 ACA | |||
| 15 | Phase 3 Final Reporting. | • Milestone report describing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 3 as well as final alignment with program goals. | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 36 ACA | |||
| 16 | Phase 3 Final Reporting | • Milestone report describing methodologies, experiments, and successes/failures encountered in Phase 3 as well as final alignment with program goals. | Deliverable(s) is/are acceptable to DARPA. | Month 36 ACA | |||
| … Propose your own as needed … | |||||||
| Total Agreement | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |||||
| *Tasks and targets are keyed to Task Description Document | |||||||
| HIGHLIGHTED SECTION NOT TO BE FILLED OUT BY PROPOSERS |
@Roa, Laura (contr-bto) I removed the term "successful" from this exit criteria because sometimes, they will not succeed. Payment is determined by a completion of a milestone event, so even if their program does not exceed, we still pay them. We just may have to descope them or redirect them afterward.
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