Research & Development Program Procedures

  • Preliminary Research
  • Develop Acquisition Strategy
  • Draft Request for Midterm Defense Plan
Research and Development
Program Procedures
  • Core Technology Development
  • Basic
  • Applied Research
  • Test Development
  • Weapon System Development
  • Exploratory Development
  • Operability Test
  • System Development
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Standardization/ Codification
  • Technology Cooperation
  • Request for Proposal (REF)/REP Evaluation
  • Domestic Source Selection
  • Technology Cooperation Production Proposal/ Confirmation
Purchase
  • Domestic Purchase
  • Foreign Purchase
  • Draft RFP
  • Proposal Receipt/Evaluation
  • Target Equipment Selection
  • Negotiation/Test & Evaluation
  • Source Selection
  • Lease
  • Initial Production Field Test
  • Fielding Evaluation
  • Mass Production, Purchase/ Deployment
  • Operation and Maintenance
  • Disposal (Ministry of National Defense/Services)