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Investment to Reach Technology Level 6
An additional piece of the FWV QFD analysis was an estimate of the investment required for each technology to reach Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 by 2003.
This cost data was estimated by the Boeing STL technology team leaders in $M of unfunded technology investment and already funded technology investment. The combination of the two estimates was used as an additional piece of data with which to examine the attractiveness of the top 10 technologies suggested by the QFD scores.
The technologies shown on this page, and the next page, are ordered as they appeared when sorted by their ability to satisfy both affordability and performance goals.
Of all the investment cost estimates made by the Boeing STL technology team leaders, #12 ‘Energy Management System’ was by far the highest. However, as previously noted, this investment covers several technologies and the J/IST TEMM of $50M included in the total may be adequate to reach TRL #6 without the need of a flight test.
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