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Appendix B: Overview of the Defense Milestone System
Pages 73-74

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... depicts the development of defense systems as they proceed through the defense acquisition milestone system: For the purposes of this report, it is generally sufficient to know the following rough outline of the process. Defense systems have to be justified as satisfying a specific military need.
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... The technology development stage culminates in Milestone B This stage of development is complete, passing Milestone B, only when an affordable system is identified that is sufficiently mature in the relevant environment, and it has also been shown that the needed manufacturing processes are ready to produce prototypes at a reasonable cost.
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