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Critical design review

Acquisition milestone at which a program's detailed design is reviewed and judged complete enough to begin building, integrating and testing hardware.

Current clusters

product1 publisher

Northrop clears E-2D Block II design review, and what the Navy is buying is upgradeability

A completed critical design review moves the Hawkeye's mission-systems refresh into integration. The architecture claim, not the sensor claim, is the part worth tracking.

Publishers:interestingengineering.com

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption20
Hype gap+45
Incentives78
Confidence42