Benedict 'concerned' where overall triad commonality effort is going

By Lee Hudson / June 24, 2016 at 12:58 PM
A senior uniformed Navy official is "concerned" where the overall commonality effort is going in replacing the nuclear triad. Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, strategic systems program director, said his team sent information to the bidder's library this past winter, which the Air Force can use as it conducts the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent competition. The information gives specific examples of how the Air Force can leverage commonality candidates from the Navy's Trident II D5 life-extension program. Benedict spoke with reporters after...

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