WEBVTT 00:00.740 --> 00:02.962 I think we , as a test community have a 00:02.962 --> 00:05.018 lot to contribute to the development 00:05.018 --> 00:07.129 because we understand operations , we 00:07.129 --> 00:08.907 understand technology . Uh , we 00:08.907 --> 00:10.518 understand the challenges of 00:10.518 --> 00:12.407 integration and the challenges of 00:12.407 --> 00:14.129 actually going from a low tech 00:14.129 --> 00:15.851 readiness level to one that is 00:15.851 --> 00:19.240 operationally relevant . Mm Well , it's 00:19.240 --> 00:21.184 interesting because the concept of 00:21.184 --> 00:23.018 warfare for the United States is 00:23.018 --> 00:25.240 evolving and in the past it's typically 00:25.240 --> 00:27.770 been very tactical in nature a few 00:27.770 --> 00:30.030 airplanes versus a few airplanes . And 00:30.030 --> 00:32.141 we've , we've really kind of outgrown 00:32.141 --> 00:34.252 that concept based on the information 00:34.252 --> 00:36.330 age . And so we're seeing a lot more 00:36.330 --> 00:39.470 now of the integration of warfighting 00:39.470 --> 00:41.526 concepts across domains , airspace , 00:41.526 --> 00:44.990 cyber sea and land . Uh , and then uh , 00:45.000 --> 00:47.056 and then also as we do developmental 00:47.056 --> 00:49.000 work for these new systems , we're 00:49.000 --> 00:51.430 seeing an integration of test efforts , 00:51.440 --> 00:53.662 the tests that begins at the contractor 00:53.662 --> 00:55.970 facility and then ends up becoming 00:55.980 --> 00:57.758 primarily our missionary in the 00:57.758 --> 00:59.869 developmental test community but also 00:59.869 --> 01:02.091 integrating operational test and making 01:02.091 --> 01:04.313 it less of a a serial approach and more 01:04.313 --> 01:06.258 integrated all along the way . And 01:06.258 --> 01:06.250 that's been tremendously powerful . 01:10.040 --> 01:12.151 Well , you've hit on three areas that 01:12.151 --> 01:14.262 really are going to be key to the way 01:14.262 --> 01:15.984 we execute , join all the main 01:15.984 --> 01:17.873 operations in the future and very 01:17.873 --> 01:20.096 complex and critical technologies . But 01:20.096 --> 01:22.318 as you know , we are testing the future 01:22.318 --> 01:24.262 hypersonic systems . Now , it's an 01:24.262 --> 01:26.550 integrated effort across all of our 01:26.560 --> 01:29.450 wings and all the expertise . And uh , 01:29.450 --> 01:31.450 and we stood up the cyberspace test 01:31.450 --> 01:33.561 group right here at England about 2.5 01:33.561 --> 01:35.394 years ago and that's paying huge 01:35.394 --> 01:38.010 dividends for things like a B . M . S 01:38.020 --> 01:40.187 and uh , join all the main command and 01:40.187 --> 01:42.353 control development . Uh , some of the 01:42.353 --> 01:44.464 work that we're going to see in the , 01:44.464 --> 01:46.687 in the years ahead . But I really think 01:46.687 --> 01:48.798 it's what is key is the proliferation 01:48.798 --> 01:51.020 of information and how that information 01:51.020 --> 01:53.298 will be drawn in from a lot of sources , 01:53.298 --> 01:55.298 uh , concentrated it knows and then 01:55.298 --> 01:57.464 disseminated to everybody who needs to 01:57.464 --> 01:59.631 see it and use it on the battlefield . 01:59.631 --> 02:01.687 And that's something that's key that 02:01.687 --> 02:03.910 the team here at Eglin and all across 02:03.910 --> 02:05.799 the test center is really working 02:05.799 --> 02:07.854 toward and that is the leveraging of 02:07.854 --> 02:10.150 the digital age and this information to 02:10.160 --> 02:12.680 be able to really vault us ahead in 02:12.680 --> 02:15.070 terms of capability of our adversaries . 02:16.340 --> 02:20.330 Yeah , we are very pleased with 02:20.330 --> 02:22.552 the way the space force is going . They 02:22.552 --> 02:25.010 recognize that in going from benign to 02:25.010 --> 02:27.177 a contested domain , that they need to 02:27.177 --> 02:29.640 evolve their acquisition processes , uh , 02:29.650 --> 02:31.870 and they effectively need to almost 02:31.870 --> 02:33.710 from from scratch , stand up a 02:33.710 --> 02:36.770 government test organization to help 02:36.770 --> 02:39.330 take what has traditionally been maybe 02:39.330 --> 02:41.740 a commercial , uh , analog and turn it 02:41.740 --> 02:43.962 into a war fighting system . And that's 02:43.962 --> 02:46.018 not easy to do . And you need a good 02:46.018 --> 02:48.129 synergy between the operators and the 02:48.129 --> 02:50.129 acquirers to make that happen . And 02:50.129 --> 02:52.296 what we have been doing is helping the 02:52.296 --> 02:54.407 Space Force through the lessons we've 02:54.407 --> 02:56.518 learned in the Air Force to structure 02:56.518 --> 02:58.684 that acquisition enterprise to make it 02:58.684 --> 03:00.518 more effective to do things like 03:00.518 --> 03:02.184 integrating developmental and 03:02.184 --> 03:04.518 operational test , which they have done . 03:04.518 --> 03:03.470 They have built that into their 03:03.470 --> 03:05.560 construct , which is great . It's 03:05.560 --> 03:07.782 something the Air Force hasn't done yet 03:07.782 --> 03:10.116 and I would highly recommend we do soon . 03:10.116 --> 03:12.116 Uh We we are they're effectively in 03:12.116 --> 03:13.782 terms of how we integrate and 03:13.782 --> 03:15.838 collaborate but there's a structural 03:15.838 --> 03:15.780 integration piece which is important 03:15.790 --> 03:18.260 the Space Force now has and I'm proud 03:18.260 --> 03:20.260 we've been able to influence that . 03:20.260 --> 03:22.590 We've also help them grow their 03:22.600 --> 03:24.711 fledgling test force that is going to 03:24.711 --> 03:26.656 be focused on development of space 03:26.656 --> 03:28.770 capabilities . We stood up the , the 03:28.770 --> 03:30.710 inaugural space test fundamentals 03:30.710 --> 03:32.654 course at the Air Force Test Pilot 03:32.654 --> 03:35.060 School back in january and graduated 03:35.060 --> 03:37.282 the first class in april and the second 03:37.282 --> 03:39.393 class is there now . So about 15 at a 03:39.393 --> 03:42.210 time . We are building the Space Forces 03:42.220 --> 03:44.164 Test Force and that's going to pay 03:44.164 --> 03:46.164 dividends for America for decades . 03:50.240 --> 03:52.351 I think one of the best moves that we 03:52.351 --> 03:54.518 made in the Air Force Material Command 03:54.518 --> 03:56.740 was the five center reorganization that 03:56.740 --> 03:58.780 actually took the three centers at 03:58.780 --> 04:00.447 Edwards Arnold in England and 04:00.447 --> 04:02.336 integrated them into one the test 04:02.336 --> 04:04.470 center . And we see that pay off now 04:04.470 --> 04:06.690 because each of the sites and we do 04:06.690 --> 04:08.540 have 34 geographic locations , 04:08.540 --> 04:10.960 including the three big wings . Each of 04:10.960 --> 04:13.016 the sites are now looking outside of 04:13.016 --> 04:15.071 their own boundaries to try to solve 04:15.071 --> 04:16.738 problems . Great example , is 04:16.738 --> 04:18.904 hypersonic weapons development . We've 04:18.904 --> 04:22.330 got a lot of capability at Arnold to do 04:22.330 --> 04:24.552 some of the very early risk reduction , 04:24.552 --> 04:26.386 for example , materials material 04:26.386 --> 04:28.552 science . The materials that we use on 04:28.552 --> 04:30.774 hypersonic weapons that are going to be 04:30.774 --> 04:32.941 exposed to extreme heat and pressure . 04:32.941 --> 04:35.052 We can prove those that Arnold in the 04:35.052 --> 04:36.886 laboratories there . Uh prior to 04:36.886 --> 04:39.052 actually putting them on a on a weapon 04:39.052 --> 04:41.163 on a developmental weapon . We've got 04:41.163 --> 04:43.219 the weapons expertise here at a girl 04:43.219 --> 04:45.330 and a lot of folks working on on that 04:45.330 --> 04:47.108 and the program office here and 04:47.108 --> 04:49.219 research lab here as well . And we're 04:49.219 --> 04:51.108 actually doing the testing out at 04:51.108 --> 04:52.886 Edwards uh with the , the , the 04:52.886 --> 04:54.997 aircraft and the people that are used 04:54.997 --> 04:56.663 to doing that . They did some 04:56.663 --> 04:58.719 hypersonic work about a decade ago , 04:58.719 --> 05:00.774 that ended up being a building block 05:00.774 --> 05:02.830 for where we are today . And they've 05:02.830 --> 05:05.052 got the wide , see test range out there 05:05.052 --> 05:07.108 as well . And and now together we're 05:07.108 --> 05:09.108 all working to build a future range 05:09.108 --> 05:11.274 that will enable us to test high speed 05:11.274 --> 05:12.941 long range weapons , like the 05:12.941 --> 05:15.274 hypersonic weapons we're looking at now . 05:15.274 --> 05:19.200 Yeah , As you know , the 05:19.200 --> 05:21.367 test community typically needs to stay 05:21.367 --> 05:24.050 about 3-5 years out in front of the 05:24.050 --> 05:25.883 latest and greatest technology . 05:25.883 --> 05:28.106 Because when the technology is ready to 05:28.106 --> 05:30.328 test , we need to be ready to test it . 05:30.328 --> 05:32.328 I've been very proud of the way the 05:32.328 --> 05:34.494 test community has adapted to a lot of 05:34.494 --> 05:36.661 the evolving technologies , especially 05:36.661 --> 05:38.883 over the last 5-7 years when we've seen 05:38.883 --> 05:41.590 so many new capabilities on the , on 05:41.590 --> 05:43.690 the drawing board . Uh , and I think 05:43.690 --> 05:46.500 the creation of things like the multi 05:46.500 --> 05:48.500 domain test force to address a wide 05:48.500 --> 05:50.760 range of developmental needs has been 05:50.770 --> 05:52.810 uh , has been really the crowning 05:52.810 --> 05:55.140 achievement for my tenure , if not for 05:55.140 --> 05:57.830 the last a decade or so . And what 05:57.830 --> 06:00.052 we've done in test and now we've got an 06:00.052 --> 06:02.219 organization that can reach across all 06:02.219 --> 06:04.300 the talent and expertise in the test 06:04.300 --> 06:06.467 Center and across our mission partners 06:06.467 --> 06:08.840 and integrate that to do very exquisite 06:08.840 --> 06:11.250 testing for , say , S and T . A , 06:11.250 --> 06:13.500 science and technology experiments for 06:13.500 --> 06:15.410 large force test events that are 06:15.410 --> 06:18.100 representative of , of an operational 06:18.100 --> 06:19.656 environment in the battle . 06:23.840 --> 06:26.840 Right ? Yeah .