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Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics (GAMMA-H) Project No. 22-181.

Current aircraft technical and manufacturing maturity suggests that the Test Range Logistics Support mission is executable with eVTOL aircraft in the late 2023 timeframe. Supporting this assertion is the Air Force’s ability to independently evaluate airworthiness risk and when residual risk may be reduced to an acceptable level, provide well defined flight authority approval within restricted airspace.

maturity of the system, provide historical sales information for commercial and Department of Defense (DoD).

RESPONSE: As each product is at a different technological and manufacturing maturity level, offers should tailor their individual proposal to meet the proposal goals for FDA approval and manufacturing scale-up and include resources required in order to quickly ramp up to 10,000 units. Offerors are encouraged to include information regarding tooling costs.

The higher TRLs are more likely to demonstrate their technical capabilities into a near-ready product, which will potentially attract funding.Manufacturing Readiness: Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) is a measurement of the current level of manufacturing maturity. MRLs are assessed to identify maturity shortfalls and associated costs and risks, and provide the basis for manufacturing maturation and risk management.

hardware technologies have become increasingly reliant on offshore sources for State of the Art (SOTA) as well as State of the Practice (SOTP) manufacturing, prototyping, and innovation.

This immaturity and variability results in low wafer yields caused by Gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) and/or YIG substrate growth defects, substrate/wafer cracking, and a lack of uniformity related to Electromagnetic (EM) properties of the devices.The lack of reliable domestic manufacturing technology maturity creates challenges for technology adoption and transition to DoD programs. It also drives up production costs.