The phrasal verb go live is often used, as in (eg) “When will this program go live?” Also see wiktionary's entry for go-live as a noun. As a phrasal verb, go live doesn't specifically denote technology based programs, so can be used with any program that has a pilot phase followed by an operational phase.
Also consider terms like become active, scale up, be open, in production, and in productionoperational. Eg: “HUD's teardown program went operational on 3 July” and “When will this program be operational?”