Milestone A

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U.S. defense acquisition milestone acquisition decision point

Milestone A is an early decision point in the U.S. defense acquisition process where programs are authorized to begin technology maturation and risk reduction activities.

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Label	Occurrences
Milestone A canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. defense acquisition milestone ⓘ acquisition decision point ⓘ
appliesTo	Major Defense Acquisition Programs ⓘ selected acquisition programs under DoD oversight ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionAuthority	Milestone Decision Authority ⓘ
domain	program management ⓘ systems acquisition ⓘ
focus	cost and schedule risk reduction ⓘ requirements refinement ⓘ technology risk reduction ⓘ
follows	Materiel Development Decision ⓘ
governingBody	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
objective	ensure feasible and affordable solution approaches ⓘ inform future cost, schedule, and performance estimates ⓘ reduce technical risk before system development ⓘ
outcome	approval to enter Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase ⓘ decision to continue, modify, or terminate the effort ⓘ direction on program scope and resources ⓘ
partOf	U.S. defense acquisition process ⓘ
phaseAuthorized	Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase ⓘ
precedes	Milestone B ⓘ
primaryPurpose	authorize risk reduction activities ⓘ authorize technology maturation activities ⓘ determine readiness to enter Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase ⓘ
regulatoryFramework	Adaptive Acquisition Framework ⓘ DoD 5000-series acquisition policy ⓘ
relatedConcept	Materiel Development Decision ⓘ Milestone B ⓘ Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase ⓘ
requires	approved Analysis of Alternatives ⓘ initial capability requirements documentation ⓘ preliminary acquisition strategy ⓘ technology readiness assessment ⓘ
sector	defense acquisition ⓘ
timeInLifecycle	early in the defense acquisition lifecycle ⓘ
typicalActivitiesAuthorized	prototyping ⓘ risk reduction experiments ⓘ technology demonstrations ⓘ trade studies ⓘ

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Defense Acquisition Board (through representation) → convenesAt → Milestone A ⓘ

subject surface form: Defense Acquisition Board