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- So let me begin by just

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sharing with you.
- Several months ago

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General Goldfein approached the Air Force with a new vision,

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and that is to bring the future faster.

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The TES community got together,

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specifically with the bombers and B-52s,

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and we said, how can we do this?

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This new Software Block of the B-52 looked

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to be a great example of how we can enable

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that concept by blending both Developmental Test

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which we call DT and Operational Test which we call OT.

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Traditionally, these two kind of communities have been

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divorced, if you will, and the fact that Developmental Test

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does all of their stuff that they have to do first,

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and then they hand it over to the OT.

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We kinda pick it up where they left off,

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and by that portion in the acquisitions process

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it's too late to get any kind of big conic changes there.

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This new concept allowed us to have an early look

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at the new software, so as Developmental Test

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was stepping through their test points,

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we were able to also fly with that software.

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- It just killed both birds with one stone.

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^It helps us come up with better ideas for what we want

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^for the future and it helps us test more quickly,

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where not only are we making sure that the system works

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from the Developmental Test side, but also

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employing it tactically, finding out how we're going

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to use the system, all at the same time.

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- Just by combining our efforts we're able

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to cut the sortie count down, even from three

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to sometimes one flight.

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Both time and money, it's certainly being saved

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by any number of flights that we can eliminate

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in order to get whatever product, software,

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or hardware piece that we're looking to integrate

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into the airplane, out quicker.

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- [Joseph] We're hoping that this will continue on

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with the re-engining of the B-52,

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the Long-Range Standoff Missile,

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and then also the Radar Modernization Program.

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