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  • AFMC promotes Depression Awareness Month

    During the month of October, Air Force Materiel Command will promote Depression Awareness. Depression is a common and treatable condition that, if left unrecognized, can lead to behavioral health issues and possibly suicidal thoughts and behaviors."The primary goals of this mental health awareness

  • VKF modernization program wins Zero Accident Award

    Earlier this month, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) successfully kicked off a customer test in the recently modernized Tunnel A portion of the AEDC von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility (VKF). The expanded capabilities which brought this test to AEDC were the result of multiple smaller

  • Tiltrotor Test Rig Team including NFAC receives NASA award

    NASA Ames Research Center recently held their annual NASA Agency Honor Award ceremony which recognized the Tiltrotor Test Rig (TTR) Development Team with a Group Achievement Award Aug. 29.The multi-agency TTR Development Team is comprised of NASA Ames Research Center, the U.S. Army and Arnold

  • AEDC Commander tours Barrett Firearms

    Col. Raymond Toth, Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Commander, and several AEDC staff members got a look at the Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. factory near Murfreesboro recently where the military Barrett .50 caliber rifles used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan are

  • Community leader retires but promises to continue support for AEDC

    The name Walt Wood may not be familiar to many Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) employees, but Wood has been a supporter of AEDC and its mission for years.Wood was one of the original founders of the Arnold Community Council (ACC), a group created in 2000 to promote, support and protect

  • Level I and II acquisition certification now automated

    As of August 2013 the acquisition certification system will review personnel records daily to determine if an individual meets Level I or II acquisition certification standards. If a personnel record shows that an individual meets all required standards, he or she will automatically be granted

  • ATA awards vocational technology scholarships to personnel's dependents

    Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is opening new doors for ATA personnel's dependents by awarding scholarships in a different educational area - vocational technology.ATA awarded three ATA Vocational Technology Scholarships with a

  • AEDC focuses on the human elements of maintenance and reliability

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) professionals and engineers attended workshops and a lunch and learn sponsored by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Middle Tennessee Chapter and Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA). The events focused on factors least

  • Arnold Community Council announces annual dinner Oct. 10

    The Arnold Community Council (ACC), a community support group for AEDC, will host its annual dinner Oct. 10 at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center. The guest speaker is retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula. After a distinguished military career, Deptula became the dean of the Mitchell