NIMBle Ultrafast microSystems (NIMBUS)

Background
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is issuing a Disruption Opportunity (DO) to invite submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of novel micro-mechanical oscillators. This initiative aims to enhance precision positioning and navigation systems.

The DO is part of the Program Announcement for Disruptioneering, DARPA-PA-24-04, with a total award value for the combined Phase 1 base (Feasibility Study) and Phase 2 option (Proof of Concept) limited to $2,000,000, which includes both Government funding and performer cost share if required or proposed.

Work Details
Performers will be expected to provide the following deliverables that meet the program metrics:

1. Negotiated deliverables specific to the objectives of individual efforts, which may include registered reports, experimental protocols, publications, intermediate and final versions of documentation and user manuals, as well as a comprehensive assemblage of design documents, models, modeling data and results, and model validation data.

2. A packaged microsystem for testing at an IV&V partner at the end of Month 10 of Phase 1 and Month 22 of Phase 2.

Period of Performance
The contract will be performed over a period that includes Phase 1 lasting until Month 10 and Phase 2 lasting until Month 22.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) for performance are not explicitly provided in the solicitation.