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record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "move-02", "delivery_application_id": "move", "workstream": "move", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA3" ], "action": "A headquarters testbed and data agreement with a named firm, built to outlast both 2029 awards", "proposed_owner": "ARA with industry", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "June 2028", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "Usable operational data can make freight research testable against a firm problem", "completion_evidence_required": "Executed operational-data and testbed agreement, permitted uses, active project and firm decision owner", "decision_trigger": "If data or test access is unavailable, revise the research question before a delivery commitment", "operational_measure": "Executed operational-data and testbed agreement, permitted uses, active project and firm decision owner", "baseline": null, "baseline_status": "Not yet measured; null is not zero", "target_status": "Proposed decision conditions; JSC and delivery owner must agree feasible milestones before launch", "evidence_status": "Proposed action; source measurements do not establish completion or partner consent", "source": "st-plan/plan-v2/text/07-move.md", "reporting": "Interim decision register from January 2027; record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "move-03", "delivery_application_id": "move", "workstream": "move", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA3" ], "action": "Cross-campus teams under the team rule, so the AR-STRIDES team outlasts its award", "proposed_owner": "University of Arkansas with partner campuses", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "2028", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "Shared tasks and redundant contacts can reduce delivery dependence on one researcher", "completion_evidence_required": "Accepted work packages, two active contacts at each institution and documented handovers", "decision_trigger": "Check continuity of actual tasks before a successor bid; 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record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "supply-02", "delivery_application_id": "supply", "workstream": "supply", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA7" ], "action": "Decide on an operations-research or industry-partnership proposal after checking current program fit and a firm's willingness to participate", "proposed_owner": "University of Arkansas", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "First decision 2028", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "Operations research and data science may supply a well-matched federal route for selected projects", "completion_evidence_required": "Current federal program fit, accepted firm role and a written submission or no-go decision", "decision_trigger": "Submit only after program and partner conditions are met; retain an industry route where federal fit is absent", "operational_measure": "Current federal program fit, accepted firm role and a written submission or no-go decision", "baseline": null, "baseline_status": "Not yet measured; null is not zero", "target_status": "Proposed decision conditions; JSC and delivery owner must agree feasible milestones before launch", "evidence_status": "Proposed action; source measurements do not establish completion or partner consent", "source": "st-plan/plan-v2/text/08-supply.md", "reporting": "Interim decision register from January 2027; record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "supply-03", "delivery_application_id": "supply", "workstream": "supply", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA7" ], "action": "For a first multi-state team, approach South Carolina and Oklahoma in information systems, and New Mexico and North Dakota in operations research", "proposed_owner": "University of Arkansas with partner campuses", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "2028", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "Complementary information-systems or operations-research teams can support a first joint bid", "completion_evidence_required": "Prospective peer partners confirm complementary capability, access and a joint problem", "decision_trigger": "Choose partners on current technical fit and willingness, not peer rank alone", "operational_measure": "Prospective peer partners confirm complementary capability, access and a joint problem", "baseline": null, "baseline_status": "Not yet measured; null is not zero", "target_status": "Proposed decision conditions; JSC and delivery owner must agree feasible milestones before launch", "evidence_status": "Proposed action; source measurements do not establish completion or partner consent", "source": "st-plan/plan-v2/text/08-supply.md", "reporting": "Interim decision register from January 2027; record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "power-01", "delivery_application_id": "power", "workstream": "power", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA2" ], "action": "Settle a post-2027 operating model for MUSiC, recording services, access terms and users from other institutions and industry", "proposed_owner": "University of Arkansas, the steering committee, defense and industry partners", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "June 2027", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "An explicit operating and access model can preserve usable fabrication capacity", "completion_evidence_required": "Host-approved essential services, operator, access terms, successor support status and usage-log baseline", "decision_trigger": "Record a continuity decision before the award ends; unknown successor support remains unknown", "operational_measure": "Host-approved essential services, operator, access terms, successor support status and usage-log baseline", "baseline": null, "baseline_status": "Not yet measured; null is not zero", "target_status": "Proposed decision conditions; JSC and delivery owner must agree feasible milestones before launch", "evidence_status": "Proposed action; source measurements do not establish completion or partner consent", "source": "st-plan/plan-v2/text/09-power.md", "reporting": "Interim decision register from January 2027; record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "power-02", "delivery_application_id": "power", "workstream": "power", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA2" ], "action": "Decide whether to bid for a Department of Energy EPSCoR Implementation award on power-module packaging, grid integration and wide-bandgap materials; Arkansas holds none today", "proposed_owner": "University of Arkansas consortium with UA Little Rock and Arkansas State", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "31 March 2027", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "A packaging and grid-interface project may connect the device niche to a suitable energy program", "completion_evidence_required": "Verified solicitation, technical scope, grid/packaging capability, facility access and a dated go/no-go", "decision_trigger": "Bid only when current program and usable capacity fit; otherwise document the capability milestone needed", "operational_measure": "Verified solicitation, technical scope, grid/packaging capability, facility access and a dated go/no-go", "baseline": null, "baseline_status": "Not yet measured; null is not zero", "target_status": "Proposed decision conditions; JSC and delivery owner must agree feasible milestones before launch", "evidence_status": "Proposed action; source measurements do not establish completion or partner consent", "source": "st-plan/plan-v2/text/09-power.md", "reporting": "Interim decision register from January 2027; record dated evidence and missed milestones when due", "enabling_capability_ids": [ "AI_ML", "DATA_ANALYTICS", "CYBER_TRUST" ] }, { "id": "power-03", "delivery_application_id": "power", "workstream": "power", "ara_sector_ids": [ "ARA2" ], "action": "Fellowships, undergraduate research and shared fabrication access at UA Little Rock, Arkansas State, Arkansas Tech and UAPB; invite a two-year college to build a silicon-carbide technician pathway with NSF technician-education funding", "proposed_owner": "AR-NETWORK workforce program with the institutions; a two-year college with the University of Arkansas", "owner_status": "Proposed; organizational acceptance not yet recorded", "due": "First awards 2028; proposal 2027-28", "status": "proposed_not_adopted", "hypothesis": "Verified fabrication access and an employer-relevant pathway can widen practical participation", "completion_evidence_required": "Accepted campus/college partner, access agreement, defined pathway step, enrolled cohort and completion record", "decision_trigger": "Launch after training/access conditions are agreed; 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