USAF sets up combined GBSD developmental, operational testing team

摘要

The Air Force is standing up a joint developmental and operational test force that integrates military, civilian and contractor personnel to support the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent and serve as a model for future programs.A "combined test force charter" was signed in February or March to bring together the roughly 230-person team, according to Brig. Gen. James Sears, the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's new commander, who started in the position last month.The joint initiative with the Air Force Test Center reflects the service's effort to streamline testing for GBSD, which is intended to replace the Minuteman III as the military's next intercontinental ballistic missile system starting in the late 2020s.