Estimating through-life cost (TLC) is an area that is critical to many industrial sectors, and in
particular, within the defense and aerospace where products are complex and have …

Since the 1980's the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has used
technology readiness level (TRL) as a means to assess the maturity of a particular …

Building on the synergy between Systems Engineering and Software Engineering, the
Center for Software Engineering (CSE) at the University of Southern California (USC), is in …

In order to optimize the process of complex system integration, it is necessary to first improve
the management of the process. This can be accomplished through the use of a generally …

This paper proposes the use of a new Systems Readiness Level (SRL) scale for managing
system development and for making effective and efficient decisions during the defense …

In the United States (USA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the
USA Department of Defense (DoD) the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale is a …

Many US government agencies and their contractors have subscribed to using the
prescriptive metric of technology readiness level (TRL) as a measure of maturity of an …

Although US weapon systems are among the best in the world, defense acquisition
programs have a historical track record for being vulnerable to enormous risks in the form of …

The purpose of this paper is to describe a methodology that enables systems engineers or
program managers to formulate a system‐wide optimal development plan in order to …

There is a tremendous need to analyze system interoperability within Defense for both
government and industry. Part of this challenge is the need for a metric that can be used as a …