# Ninety-Day Technology Cycle **Entity class:** Technology-management concept **Domain:** Defense / Innovation **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition A ninety-day technology cycle is an organizational cadence in which capabilities are tested, revised, and fielded within months rather than years. ## Mechanism and significance The cadence reflects software and commercial technology while challenging certification, budgeting, training, and accountability systems built for slower change. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems|Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Autonomous Weapons]] · [[AI Superpower]] · [[Machine Succession]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[AUTOWARCOM]] · [[Functional Combatant Command]] · [[Twenty-Year Procurement Cycle]] · [[Linear Procurement]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.