DIN ISO 16290:2016-09

Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) are used to quantify the technology maturity status of an element intended to be used in a mission. Mature technology corresponds to the highest TRL, namely TRL 9, or flight proven elements. The TRL scale can be useful in many areas including, but not limited to the following examples: a) For early monitoring of basic or specific technology developments serving a given future mission or a family of future missions; b) For providing a status on the technical readiness of a future project, as input to the project implementation decision process; c) In some cases, for monitoring the technology progress throughout development. This International Standard defines Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). It is applicable primarily to space system hardware, although the definitions could be used in a wider domain in many cases. The definition of the TRLs provides the conditions to be met at each level, enabling accurate TRL assessment. This International Standard was produced by taking due consideration of previous available documents on the subject, in particular including those from the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), the US Department of Defence (DoD) and European space institutions (DLR, CNES and ESA). The present document DIN ISO 16290:2016 is the German edition of the document ISO 16290:2013 prepared at ISO in Technical Committee ISO/TC 20/SC 14 "Space systems and operations" (secretariat: ANSI, USA) with the participation of German experts of DIN Standards Committee Aerospace (NL). The responsible German standardization committee is 131-05-01 AA "Grundlagen und Managementverfahren" ("Basic principles of management processes") at DIN Standards Committee Aerospace (NL).