News Search

  • ATA personnel awarded for exceptional performance at AEDC

    Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) leadership recently held a third quarter award ceremony for fiscal year 2014 where ATA personnel were recognized for exceptional achievements in mission support, customer service, technical support, engineering and quality leadership performed for Arnold Engineering

  • Dr. Baker recalls 50 years at AEDC as ‘icing on the cake’

    Dr. Bill Baker, a 2004 Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Fellow and branch chief in the AEDC Test Operations Division Analysis and Evaluation Branch, recalls his hire date of Aug. 13, 1964 with an emerging aerospace ground, flight testing facility as "icing on the cake.""My first two

  • AEDC teams receive recognition for aerospace testing support

    Members of the DebriSat Team and the F100-FX231-25 Accelerated Mission Test Team at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) were recognized for their support with testing.The DebriSat Team received the Team Excellence Recognition with the nomination citing their originality, creativity and

  • Minuteman III rocket motor aging surveillance test completed at AEDC

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) personnel completed testing of a Minuteman III Stage II motor in the Complex's J-6 Large Rocket Test Facility for aging surveillance of the 48-year-old defense program. "The Stage II motor is part of the Minuteman III Aging and Surveillance test program

  • AEDC and AFRL collaborate to make advances in hypersonic technology

    A highly successful integrated aerodynamic and aerothermal test and analysis of a twin scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise vehicle was completed in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 facility in White Oak, Md.Researchers and engineers from AEDC and the U.S.

  • AEDC's APTU supports first direct-connect hypersonic engine test program

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) is modifying its Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) in preparation for the first ever direct-connect tests of larger scale scramjet engines."Ground tests of scramjet engines at this scale have not been conducted at APTU or any other facility,"

  • Service Members Receiving RAND Military Workplace Survey

    About 580,000 service members have begun receiving emails or letters inviting them to participate in the first RAND Military Workplace Study, Defense Department officials said.Active and reserve component members in all military branches and the Coast Guard are being invited to participate. "The

  • Competition encourages students to ‘Reach for the Stars’

    The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Center team recently partnered with the Tennessee section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to host a free rocket launch competition for area students on July 26.At the

  • AEDC machine shop provides product development solutions

    When you think about testing, your first thoughts probably aren't about the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Model and Machine Shop. But, often that is where it all begins - with a customer who needs a model or test-related hardware developed and often on a tight deadline.A skilled and