ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex operates more than 90 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges, sled tracks, centrifuges and other specialized units.  Read the full fact sheet here.

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  • ADVANCED MISSILE SIGNATURE CENTER

    HISTORY The Advanced Missile Signature Center (AMSC), formed from the Arnold Engineering Development Center's Plume Data Center. In 1989, it became one of three Strategic Defense Initiative Organization phenomenology data centers. It continues today as a customer site within the Missile Defense

  • AEDC Fellows

      2011Dr. Ronald L. Clouse2011 AEDC FellowDr. Clouse was team leader for development of mathematical models and computer simulations for all of the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility (ASTF) and a foreign technology engineering intelligence analyst. He retired in 1997 only to return a few months

  • AEDC Project Pioneers

    BOB ANSLEYPROJECT PIONEERWhat would happen if we could look into the future? If Bob Ansley had told his grade-school classmates that someday he would have a hand in helping a man named Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon's surface and return safely to Earth, they probably would have laughed him off

  • AERODYNAMIC AND PROPULSION TEST UNIT

    The Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) is a blow down wind tunnel designed for aerodynamic testing of supersonic and hypersonic systems and hardware at true flight conditions. Given its versatile design, APTU can support a myriad of test setups: propulsion, material, structures, store

  • AERODYNAMIC WIND TUNNEL 4T

    The Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel 4T, situated in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility, is a versatile mid-size test unit which has a 4-ft by 4-ft by 12.5-ft long test section. The "T for transonic" designation indicates its primary utility for testing at near-sonic airspeeds. However, its Mach number

  • AEROPROPULSION SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY

    The Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility at the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center, located at the Arnold Air Force Base in southern Middle Tennessee, is a unique national facility designed to test aircraft propulsion systems in true mission environments without leaving the

  • AEROPROPULSION SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY ICING

    The Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center offers icing testing, as well as other essential test and evaluation services, required for Federal Aviation Administration and Joint Aviation Authority certification of full-scale aircraft turbine engine propulsion systems, subsystems and

  • Aerothermodynamic Measurement Laboratory

    The Aerothermodynamic Measurement Laboratory provides technical expertise, skilled craftsmen, analytical tools, and calibration/characterization facilities in support of applied research in aerothermal test measurement techniques. The fundamental services of the ATMLab include specialization in heat

  • Arnold AFB 2025 Economic Impact

    Arnold Air Force Base had an economic impact of $1.2 billion in the 2025 fiscal year. Arnold AFB impacted the local area through payroll, secondary jobs created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, professional and technical services, and the spin-off impact of

  • ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX

    The Arnold Engineering Development Complex operates more than 90 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges, sled tracks, centrifuges and other specialized units.Headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base in middle

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