Space Development and Test Wing

The Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) was a unit of Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center of the United States Air Force. The wing is located at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Space Development and Test Wing
Emblem of the SDTW
ActiveAugust 2006-present
CountryUnited States
BranchAir Force
TypeSpace system test and evaluation
Size219 military
345 contractor
Part ofAir Force Space Command
Garrison/HQKirtland Air Force Base
Decorations AFOEA
Commanders
CommanderCol Burke E. Wilson

The unit was combined with another Space and Missile Systems Center directorate and is now known as the Advanced Systems and Development Directorate.[1]

Mission

The Space Development and Test Directorate develops, tests and evaluates Air Force space systems, executes advanced space development and demonstration projects, and rapidly transitions capabilities to the warfighter.[2]

History

The Space Development and Test Wing was activated 1 August 2006. Prior to that, Detachment 12 of the Space and Missile Systems Center had been activated at Kirtland AFB 29 June 2001, taking responsibility for research, developmental test and evaluation organizations that had been co-located at Kirtland AFB alongside the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates.[3]

Units

The Space Development and Test Wing is divided into two Groups, the Space Development Group and the Space Test Group.

  • Space Development Group
    • Responsive Space Squadron
    • Responsive Satellite Command and Control Division
    • Human Spaceflight Payloads Division - Houston, TX
  • Space Test Group
    • Space Test Squadron
      • SOC 96 - Schriever AFB
      • SOC 97 - Kirtland AFB
    • Space Test Operations Squadron
    • Launch Test Squadron

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "http://www.kirtland.af.mil".

  1. "SMC stands up new Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, 24 Nov 2014. http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate.aspx
  2. http://www.kirtland.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6881
  3. US Air Force. "Space Development and Test Wing Fact Sheet". SMC.
  4. "SMC stands up new Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, 24 Nov 2014. http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate.aspx

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