Arnold AFB’s economic impact exceeds $918 million in FY2022

The economic impact of Arnold Air Force Base across the state of Tennessee was $918.3 million for the 2022 fiscal year. Arnold AFB impacted the local areas through payroll, secondary jobs created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, fuel and services and the

MCKINLEY CLIMATIC LABORATORY

The McKinley Climatic Laboratory (MCL) produces global environmental climatic testing conditions so that the United States Air Force and other agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD) may best develop weapons and weapon support systems as required by DoD Directive 5000.3, “Test and Evaluation”,

Air Force Materiel Command

ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX

Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT)

STAT is a ground test facility for evaluating the performance of materials, components, subsystems, and small satellites in a test environment capable of providing conditions from low Earth orbit to geosynchronous operations.

SENSOR CHAMBER 10V

Aerospace Vehicle Survivability Facility (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio)

Focus on providing RDT&E for aircraft vulnerability reduction/survivability and Live Fire (T&E) (LFT&E) support

Landing Gear Test Facility (Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.)

OPERATING LOCATION, 704TH TEST GROUP (Kirtland AFB, N.M.)

Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT)

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.

Central Inertial and GPS Test Facility (CIGTF)

National RCS Test Facility (NRTF)

586th Flight Test Squadron

Holloman High Speed Test Track Maglev project

The Holloman High Speed Test Track Maglev project is a long-term program to provide a new test capability for the DoD and the nation. The goal is to provide a low vibration environment for payloads on rocket-propelled sleds for speeds from subsonic to Mach 10.

THE VON KARMAN GAS DYNAMICS FACILITY WIND TUNNELS

J-6 LARGE ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY

AERODYNAMIC AND PROPULSION TEST UNIT

HIGH-ENTHALPY ARC-HEATED FACILITIES AT AEDC

ENGINE TEST FACILITY

AIRCRAFT IMPACT ON ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX

HYPERVELOCITY BALLISTIC RANGES G AND I

Employee Resource Guide

AEDC Fellows

ADVANCED MISSILE SIGNATURE CENTER

PROPULSION WIND TUNNEL FACILITY

PROPULSION WIND TUNNEL 16T

AERODYNAMIC WIND TUNNEL 4T

AEROPROPULSION SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY

AEROPROPULSION SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY ICING

SEA LEVEL TEST CELLS

HYPERVELOCITY WIND TUNNEL 9

FEDERAL VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

NATIONAL FULL-SCALE AERODYNAMICS COMPLEX

MARK 1 TEST FACILITY

7V SPACE CHAMBER

AEDC Project Pioneers

12V SPACE CHAMBER

Aerothermodynamic Measurement Laboratory