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  • AEDC-managed NFAC site of unique future generation test

    AEDC's National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex's (NFAC) 40-by-80-foot wind tunnel at Moffett Field, Calif., is the chosen location for a unique wind tunnel test on a 10-foot span model of a NASA's cruise efficient short take-off and landing (CESTOL) concept aircraft. According to Chris Hartley,

  • AEDC supports Angel Tree effort

    Disadvantaged mid-state children will once again benefit from the generosity of Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) employees this holiday season.The AEDC Angel Tree contains the names of 179 children, all of whom have already been "adopted" by AEDC employees. An additional 15 children were

  • Air Force analysis branch at AEDC is already busy

    By late 2010, guidance from the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Technical Excellence Board helped lead to the formation of an analysis branch at the world's largest and most advanced complex of flight simulation test facilities.Dr. Ed Kraft, AEDC chief technologist and the head of the

  • AEDC-tested Dreamliner makes first passenger flight

    News of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner's first commercial flight Oct. 26 apparently caught the attention of a lot of people, including AEDC's Doug Hodges.In 2007, Hodges was one of the engineers working with a team to conduct ground testing on the Trent 1000, the engine that powered the first passenger

  • Parker leaving his mark on AEDC

    When J.Y. Parker first came to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) as a young engineer not long out of Auburn University, he expected to spend a few years getting a master's degree from the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) and return to Huntsville, Ala., where he previously

  • AEMTC re-elects officers to another term

    The Air Engineering Metal Trades Council (AEMTC) re-elected all its current principal officers to serve another term Nov. 22.Serving another term in office are AEMTC President Jimmy Dale Nance, Vice President Jay Vandergriff, Recording Secretary Reina Shanks and Secretary Treasurer Annette

  • The engineering process: at work and home

    For most of us, we chose an engineering career to fulfill our interest and desire to understand how things work and how to make them work better. We immerse ourselves into the "engineering process" and focus all our energies to this work each day of our lives. Many professionals today, including

  • ATA announces award fee

    The Air Force announced an award fee rating of 94 for the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) operating contractor, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), for the period April 1-Sept. 30, 2011. The award fee determining official (FDO), Randall D. Culpepper, gave the contractor high marks with

  • AEMTC premium reductions to save approximately $1.2 million

    The Air Engineering Metal Trades Council (AEMTC) at Arnold Engineering Development Center has announced it will save its members and their employer, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), hundreds of thousands of dollars in fiscal year 2012.Trustees for the Aerospace Contractors Trust (ACT) voted Nov. 7