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A technology is assessed at readiness level \( 4 \) when the programme requires level \( 6 \) at design freeze. The appropriate response is

  • A.Mature it, or pick a proven alternative
  • B.Proceed and hope the technology matures
  • C.Lower the requirement
  • D.Ignore the assessment

Answer: A

Correct answer: Mature it, or pick a proven alternative

The gap is real and must be closed by work, not by optimism. Either the technology is matured deliberately - funded demonstration, rig testing, flight trials - on a schedule that reaches level 6 before the freeze, or a proven alternative is adopted and the immature technology deferred to a later variant. Proceeding and hoping is how programmes acquire the schedule overruns that readiness assessments exist to prevent, and lowering the requirement does not change the physics.

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