Tres Cantos/Spain, 29-30 October 2024 –The OCCAR HYDEF
Programme has met the third technical milestone (EM KO) and the third
management milestone (PRM2). These achievements were made during meetings held over
two days at the SENER facilities.
The aim of the Early Maturation Kick-Off Meeting (EM
KO) was to validate planned activities, aligning them with the initial
proposal, while incorporating critical technologies identified in the
pre-feasibility phase. The meeting comprised of all the Participating States
(PSs), involved assessing the current Technological Readiness Level (TRL) of
these technologies and identifying the resources required to advance their
TRLs.
The EM KO marks the start of the activities of
technology maturation. The activities to be performed in Early Design and
Technology Maturation, based on the critical technologies identified in the
pre-feasibility phase, were demonstrated to be ready to start. The
expected challenges in their developments were laid out, as identified in the
Technology Plan. The feasibility phase is then in progress and technical
maturation activities have started right after the Early Maturation Kick-off
meeting.
Following this meeting, the Programme will mainly
consist of the definition of the concept for the system, leading to the Concept
Selection Milestone (CSM) in August 2025, and the performance of maturation
activities, reaching the Early Maturation Mid-Term Review Milestone (EM MTR) in
October 2025.
The Progress Review Meeting 2 (PRM 2) was held between
the Project Coordinator (SMS), the Project Manager of each beneficiary and the
OCCAR HYDEF Programme Division. The HYDEF Consortium presented to the OCCAR HYDEF
Programme Division the general status of the Programme covering progress, KPIs,
schedule review, risk assessment and mitigation, financial, quality control, ethics
and other aspects.
Both milestones were successfully met on schedule.