Define the question.
Create a project with an objective, methodology, success criteria, constraints and required clearance.
USF / RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Ideas with purpose.
Progress through evidence.
Propose. Review. Test. Learn. R&D gives the Federation a structured place to explore new approaches and document what works.
PORTAL ACCESSClearance 2 + assigned R&D role
Project-specific clearance can be higher. Public summaries are available to everyone. Published member reports require sign-in; full project records require the project clearance.
FROM AN IDEA TO A RECORD OF RESULTS
Work with a clear process.
Agree on the approach.
Command reviews the proposal before testing begins. A proposal does not authorize spending or deployment.
Record the evidence.
Record procedures, observations and results. Keep a versioned history and conclude the work through Command review.
PUBLIC PROJECT DIRECTORY
What we’re working on.
Projects appear here when Command approves a separate public title and summary. Full plans, internal notes and test results stay in the member portal.
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KNOW WHAT YOU CAN OPEN
Clearance follows the project.
Public overview
Anyone can read an approved public summary. Internal objectives, test procedures and observations are excluded.
R&D workspace
Requires clearance 2 and the R&D role. This role does not grant access to other divisions’ private records.
Member-published reports
Signed-in members can read approved member editions. Sensitive passages can be removed before publication; the original project stays protected. Read published member reports ↗
LOOKING AHEAD / RSI 1.0
Prepare before the build.
Explore 47 tentative official roadmap cards, plus a ship-manufacturing planning track. R&D can prepare proposals, testing plans, equipment and supply requirements without inventing recipes.
Explore readiness and build forms ↗APPROVED WORK / CONTROLLED SPENDING
Fund the project.
Prepare the supplies.
Approved projects can receive authorized funds from Finance or Command. R&D places orders within the funded balance, and Inventory Management prepares stock or procures what is missing. Confirmed quantities, cost limits, receipts, stock issues and actual spending stay linked to the project.
Project funds & inventory orders ↗