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  • Arnold's annual VA Picnic honors America's heroes

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) an¬nual VA picnic provided veterans from different eras the opportunity to share a meal, enjoy a change of scenery and share their stories with volunteers from AEDC and surround¬ing communities at the Ar-nold Lakeside Club Oct. 3. Some of the

  • Memorandum of agreement for testing facility signed

    On Sept. 15, a collaborative rela¬tionship between Arnold Engineer¬ing Development Center (AEDC) and the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) reached a major milestone with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the two organizations for the ownership and maintenance of UTSI's

  • AEDC supplying data for next NASA Constellation program milestone

    Data from a test at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will be used to support a major NASA Constellation Program milestone - the Vehicle Integration Preliminary Design Review (PDR).A team at AEDC's von Karman Facility has conducted aerodynamic heat transfer testing on Ares I's first

  • Murray State alumnus shares his views of the future of space

    Dustin Crider, physicist in Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) Technology and Analysis branch, wasn't even a gleam in his parents' eye when Neil Armstrong muttered those famous words as he stepped onto the moon's surface in 1969. But, it's a moment that inspired Crider to become involved in space.

  • ATA holds annual golf tournament

    Eighty-four golfers participated in the 6th Annual Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) Golf Scramble at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course Sept. 13. Tournament winners were Jim Griggs, Mark Kelly, Chuck Bonine and Tony Overman. The ATA Golf Committee sought corporate sponsors in order to provide charitable

  • Deer strikes still on the rise, take caution when driving

    According to the Ten¬nessee Wildlife Resources Agency the range of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Tennessee has expanded from a few counties in east Tennes-see in the 1940's to all 95 counties in the state. Herd growth has been such that hunting is allowed in all Tennessee counties

  • AEDC physicist shares his views of the future of space

    Dustin Crider, Manchester resident and physicist in Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) Technology and Analysis branch, wasn't even a gleam in his parents' eye when Neil Armstrong muttered those famous words as he stepped onto the moon's surface in 1969. But, it's a moment that inspired Crider to

  • Arnold is represented at annual Air Force Association conference

    The Air Force Association (AFA) held its annual business meeting fol¬lowed by the Air & Space Conference and technology Exposition in Wash¬ington, D.C., Sept. 13-17.Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) was represented at the con-ference in a joint exhibit with the Flight Test Center at

  • Holloman AFB inspectors help prepare AEDC for annual inspection

    Inspectors from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. came to Arnold to help prepare the center's Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) for an upcoming Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) inspection scheduled for the end of October. "Senior Master Sgt. Martin Fox and Master Sgt.

  • NFAC helicopter team awarded for testing efforts

    A checkout test team at Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex in Moffet Field, Calif., was awarded the San Francisco Chapter of the American Helicopter Society 2008 award for Outstanding Contribution to the Powered-Lift Field Vertical Take-Off and