FWV Technology Validation--Approach
The Boeing-Phantom Works approach to the program consisted of four tasks. The Fixed Wing Vehicle Advanced Airframe Technology Plan (AATP) was used to identify the technologies that were input to the validation approach.
Task 1 was used to define the technologies in the AATP that provided the most promise in achieving the FWV Sub Area Goals. In Task 2, the requirements for validating the most promising technologies up to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of Six was determined. In Task 3 we would define an unmanned FATE vehicle design and use it to assess the impact of the most promising technologies, individually and collectively, on the Sub Area Goals. Task 4 was devoted to developing a plan for Block 2 of the program. In Block 2, the contractor would conduct the detail design, build and test the FATE vehicle.
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