NRE Non-recurring engineering Description Non-recurring engineering refers to the one-time cost to research, design, develop and test a new product or product enhancement. When budgeting for a new product, NRE must be considered to analyze if a new product will be profitable. Wikipedia
Proto- according to a design in cycle of 18 months and your estimated start date of December 2018 we still have another 5 months until the end of the cycle. So how long after that in your estimate should we expect a deal?