National Geospatial Agency, 4-23-2013

National Geospatial Agency, 4-23-2013

Franklin County HS Moonbuggy Team, 5-15-2013

Franklin County HS Moonbuggy Team, 5-15-2013

AEDC’s Taylor Swanson supports SBIR project on space asset threat containment technologies

Military and civilian satellites can be subjected to natural and manmade signal disruptions. A Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project currently underway to simulate that disruption is taking place between Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) at Peterson AFB, Colo., AEDC and Welkin Sciences, Inc., Colo. The goal is to develop a MILSATCOM Atmospheric Scintillation Simulator or MASS to test the efficiency of satellite’s capabilities to operate regardless of scintillation. Pictured is an artist’s rendering of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Space Vehicle-1, launched in August 2010. (Courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Space Command)

Arnold Community Council promotes caucus; works with Edwards, Eglin groups

Members of Arnold Community Council pause during visits with elected officials (l-r) Manchester Mayor Lonnie Norman, Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce President Jon Bell, ATA Public Affairs Manager Kathy Gattis, Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce President and ACC Vice President Ben Craig, ATA Deputy Director of Integrated Test and Evaluation Dr. Rob McAmis, Industrial Board of Coffee County Chairman Bill Comer, (back row) City of Manchester City Liaison Terry Dendy, ATA Director of Information Technology and Systems Mark Rigney and Industrial Board of Coffee County Executive Director Ted Hackney.

Arnold Community Council promotes caucus; works with Edwards, Eglin groups

(L-R) ACC President Steve Cope and Tullahoma Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Diane Bryant talk with Congressman Diane Black about the caucus she recently formed.

Dechard Elementary School trip - 4th Grade

Dechard Elementary School trip -4th Grade

Team America Rocket Challenge High School Team presentation and rocket launch promotes STEM

Winfree Bryant Middle School Team America Rocket Challenge (TARC) Team members, left to right, hold a check for $1,000, presented by Debbie Bayer, ATA deputy director of the information technology and systems department, and Lynn Moran, ATA deputy director of the test assets and support department. The TARC Team, which has been sponsored by Air Force STEM and ATA, was recognized for being selected as the only TARC team from Tenn. to compete in the National Championships on May 11. The team also launched a rocket while on base. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Team America Rocket Challenge High School Team presentation and rocket launch promotes STEM

Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Commander Col. Raymond Toth presents the TARC team with the AEDC Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) coin during the Winfree Bryant School students’ recent visit to the Complex. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

AEDC supports SBIR commercialization readiness program project on pyrophoric fuel valve

AEDC engineers ran a series of tests on a Towed Airborne Plume Simulator (TAPS) at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s Rocket Prep Area 4. (Photo by David Housch)

AEDC Wind Tunnel upgrade improves flexible nozzle accuracy and reliability

ATA Mission Support Department construction manager Dusty Kirkham conducts calibration tests on the new roll mechanism that will be used at AEDC in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel’s four foot transonic wind tunnel, 4T. The roll mechanism which supports the sting, or test support arm, and the test article provides the ability to roll the test item during a test and handle higher loads of a test requirement. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AEDC's Raabe warns personnel of personal spring hazards

Ladder graphic (Image provided)

AEDC's Raabe warns personnel of personal spring hazards

Figure 1 – Safety eyewear lens (Photo provided)

First STEM team sponsored by AEDC and ATA headed to First Tech World Championships visits Arnold AFB

From left, Josh Freiberger, Volunteer State Community College; Joshua Garnto, Friendship Christian School; Ryan Baxter, Central Magnet School; Jere Matty, AEDC STEM Coordinator; Chance Ferguson, Eagleville High School, and AEDC Commander Col. Raymond Toth gathered after the team R.P.G.’s demonstration at AEDC’s Fitness Center. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

AEDC Fire Department joins community first responders to conduct mutual aid exercise training

From left, Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jerry Brown and AEDC Fire Department Assistant Chief of Operations and Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department team member George DeShields, conduct an after-action brief upon completion of a live fire exercise during the recent 2nd Annual Multi-County Live Burn Weekend at the Hillsboro Park. (Photo provided)

AEDC team supports testing of GE engine augmentor rig in J85 facility

Prior to a static performance test at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) Propulsion Research Facility, Brad Besheres, an outside machinist in the ATA Technology Branch’s instrumentation and diagnostics group, is inspecting AEDC’s upgraded J85 Augmentor rig coupled to GE’s developmental augmentor assembly, all of which is mounted on the facility’s T-6 thrust frame. The test has two phases, with the first to characterize and evaluate the augmentor’s durability and mission performance. The second phase focuses on instrumentation and diagnostics project activities. These focus on various measurement techniques (optical tail pipe camera stereoscopic imaging and gas sampling techniques) that can be applied to gas turbine engines. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AEDC's Rick Trull graduates from prestigious FBI National Academy course

From left, FBI Director Robert Mueller presents Rick Trull, AEDC’s emergency services manager, a certificate for completing the FBI National Academy Program course in March. (Photo provided)

AEDC team supports testing of CASTOR® 30XL rocket motor ahead of Antares flight testing

An Alliant Techsystems, Inc.'s (ATK) CASTOR® 30XL developmental rocket motor recently underwent testing in AEDC’s J-6 Large Rocket Motor Testing Facility. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AEDC team supports testing of CASTOR® 30XL rocket motor ahead of Antares flight testing

From left, AEDC’s Mike Mills, an outside machinist, David Amonette, a boilermaker, and Barry Long, an electrician, position the ATK CASTOR® 30XL rocket motor into place for simulated altitude static testing at AEDC’s J-6 Large Rocket Motor Testing facility. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AEDC Space Chamber team prepares for an ISA test in the Space Threat Assessment Testbed facility

Second Lt. Akshay Tripathi (Left) and Capt. Nicholas Bauer, in the AEDC Space and Missile Test division, install a microsatellite in AEDC's new Space Threat Assessment Testbed to conduct an initial site acceptance test. The initial site acceptance test is the equivalent to the halfway point of mission capability. The STAT can simulate a realistic operational environment to space hardware, using multiple source simulators to emulate the conditions existing at various space orbits. The STAT facility will reach Initial Operating Capability in April, followed by Full Operational Capability certification by September 2013. The facility will be operated under the Space Combined Test Force (CTF). (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Everett completes training at the Southeastern Command and Leadership Academy

Lt. Dave Everett of the Arnold Police Department recently received a certificate for completing the Southeastern Command and Leadership Academy (SECLA), a law enforcement leadership development program hosted by the UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center and the criminal justice department at UT Chattanooga.

Westwood Elementary Tour - 7 March 2013

Westwood Elementary Tour - 7 March 2013

Aerospace Testing Alliance makes donation to Grundy County High School Welding Shop

In an earlier visit to the high school, AEDC officials toured the high school welding shop. From left – Dykes, Nance, AEDC Stem Outreach Coordinator Jere Matty and ATA Test Support Manager Walt Bishop.

AERODYNAMIC AND PROPULSION TEST UNIT FACTSHEET

The Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit combustion air heater. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

AERODYNAMIC AND PROPULSION TEST UNIT FACTSHEET

An Aerospace Testing Alliance outside machinist inspects the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Falcon Combined-cycle Engine Technology (FaCET) scramjet test article in the center’s Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit test cell prior to a test. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)