AEDC White Oak tours offer rare look at Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9

A tight work schedule did not keep the dedicated professionals on the leading of edge of science and technology at AEDC White Oak from recent opportunities to share some of their work with the outside world.In two separate tours held within days of each other, the staff at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind

AEDC STEM Aviation Program attendance soars

With participation of more than 60 students, the AEDC Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Aviation Program had a record number of attendance during the last school year and during the recent graduation aviation flights with the Eagleville Soaring Club.The aviation program began

Nature’s hazards: Poisonous plants

State parks and woodlands are favorite places for many people who enjoy outdoor activities. Unfortunately, contact with poisonous plants can make these outings a miserable experience.Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac all contain the plant oil urushiol, which can cause severe skin rash when any

AFMC successfully transitions to Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project

Some 12,500 Air Force Materiel Command civilian employees have transitioned to the Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project, or AcqDemo, pay system, effective June 12.Under AcqDemo, employees no longer carry their general schedule, or GS, designation and numbered grade. Instead, they have been

O’Reilly receives meritorious service medal

AEDC Spotlight: Michelle Sutton takes on AEDC career step-by-step

For 37 years, Michelle Sutton, a senior financial management specialist with the AEDC Financial Management and Comptroller Division, has taken different steps to her current job title, beginning with her first AEDC job as a Stay-in-School.The SIS program is designed to provide students an experience

AEDC Fellows meet for Fellows’ Day

AEDC Fellows honored at banquet

Small businesses turn out for NAS outreach session

More than 75 small business representatives from across Tennessee and Alabama turned out for the National Aerospace Solutions Small Business Outreach event held June 22 at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center.The event was co-hosted by the Manchester, Franklin County and Tullahoma Chambers

NAS assumes operations at AEDC

As of 12:01 a.m., July 1 the new contractor overseeing the Test Operations and Sustainment (TOS) contract at Arnold Engineering Development Complex is National Aerospace Solutions, LLC.NAS is a limited liability corporation represented by Bechtel National, Inc., GP Strategies, and Sierra Lobo,