12V SPACE CHAMBER

The 12V Chamber is a 12-foot-diameter by 35-foot-high thermal vacuum test facility with solar simulation capability. The facility contains a full liquid nitrogen thermal shroud and has an optional gaseous helium inner liner that can be cooled down to 10 degrees Kelvin. The solar simulator is an off-axis system with xenon arc lamps that uses

2016 Economic Impact

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex economic impact – that includes remote operating locations – the Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 at the Federal Research Center White Oak, near Silver Spring Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Ames Research Center, Calif. – was $602.8 million for fiscal 2016. Each location impacted the

586th Flight Test Squadron

The 586th Flight Test Squadron's mission is to conduct and enable agile weapons, avionics and survivability testing for the joint warfighter. Flight test services are provided for Department of Defense and commercial customers across the full spectrum of program size and complexity. The squadron's low cost per flight test hour enables technology

704th Test Group, Detachment 1

The NRTF is the premier DoD outdoor facility for Radar Cross Section (RCS) testing. It specializes in narrowband and wideband RCS signature characterization of scaled, full-scale and flyable articles. Additionally, it provides characterization data for antenna radiation patterns and antenna backscatter. Due to its remoteness and secure environment,

746th Test Squadron

 MissionProvide superior test and evaluation of DoD guidance, navigation and NAVWAR systems in support of the warfighter.Unique Capabilities- Utilizes fully instrumented aircraft including the T-38C, C-12D, C-12J and UH-1- Provides various low, medium and high dynamic operating environments for systems under test- Validated truth reference

7V SPACE CHAMBER

The 7V Space Chamber is a state-of-the-art deep space environment simulation test facility designed to test high performance interceptors and surveillance sensors at the conditions of deep space (20 K background). A spectral coverage can be provided over the visible to the LWIR spectral range and a radiometric calibration monitor system is located

846th Test Squadron

The 846th Test Squadron operates the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) which simulates selected portions of the flight environment under accurately programmed and instrumented conditions.

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 Agency (MDA) re-engineered Data Center

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 later as a consultant in the foreign technology

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 the playground. Ansley, who is 81, can look back