Life Cycle

Research – This normally covers the pre-system acquisition stage and encompasses all phases of RDT&E from basic research, technology/component development, demonstration/validation, and early design reviews. It includes all services contracted prior to system deployment. This category also includes research for upgrades to operational systems.
Research (SDD/EMD) – This is the system acquisition phase of development and may include prototypes. SDD/EMD often involves final design reviews and leads to production and deployment.
Research (Past) – Research which has been completed prior to the current year and does not generate any program value.
Research (Future) – Future research refers to research anticipated beyond the ten-year forecast period.

Production (Past) – This covers systems that have been deployed prior to the current year. These systems generally show only values associated with sustainment.
Production (Current) – A current system is any system in which production values occur during the ten-year forecast period.
Production (Future) – Future production refers to a system that will not generate production values until after the ten-year forecast period.

Services (Past) – Past services have been completed prior to the current year and do not generate any program value.
Services (Current) – Current services are activities that take place during the ten-year forecast period.
Services (Future) – Future services are services anticipated beyond the ten-year forecast period.

Inactive (Storage) – This category covers systems that have been placed in inactive storage. They may or may not receive sustainment support.
Marketing – This refers to a program (system, product, device or service) without an established customer requirement. Therefore, it does not have any program values.
Unidentified – The lifecycle position of the program cannot be accurately determined or defined within the above segments.

Here we share a description of the life cycle categories for Janes Markets Forecast