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May 14, 2013
Aerospace Testing Alliance rehires many as workload stabilizes

Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) announced some good news today - the company will rehire many of the employees who were reduced-in-force (RIF).ATA, the prime contractor at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), reduced staffing by 170 people in April. Now the company will try and rehire
May 13, 2013
New Workforce Development Program coming for AFMC maintainers

A new career development program has been deployed to the Air Force Materiel Command maintenance community. The Maintenance Workforce Development Program is being implemented to provide a standard approach and increased opportunities for maintenance personnel to broaden their careers.The Logistics
May 13, 2013
AFMC embraces 'Every dollar counts' initiative, new culture of savings

Air Force Materiel Command leaders are pledging their support for a new money-saving Air Force initiative dubbed Every Dollar Counts.In the wake of sequestration and reduced budgets, the initiative calls on Airmen to submit their money-saving ideas as part of a new culture of savings. "This is an
May 7, 2013
AEDC's Taylor Swanson supports SBIR project on space asset threat containment technologies

With countries like Iran and North Korea striving to add nuclear weapons to their arsenals, the risk they pose to U.S. military satellites is a growing concern.The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) at Peterson AFB, Colo., and AEDC are focusing on a Small Business Innovative
May 7, 2013
Arnold Community Council promotes caucus; works with Edwards, Eglin groups

Arnold Community Council (ACC), a group who supports and promotes AEDC, recently made their annual trip to Capitol Hill for meetings with elected officials and key staffers at the Pentagon. They also collaborated with support councils from Edwards and Eglin Air Force Bases.One of the ACC's primary
May 6, 2013
AEDC's Andrew Fist wins first place at the Masters Division of the 64th AIAA Southeastern Regional Conference

Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Andrew Fist recently competed in the Masters Division of the 64th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Southeastern Regional Conference in Raleigh, N.C., and won the first place award with a technical paper titled "Improved Mean
May 6, 2013
AEDC's Dr. Don Malloy is recipient of prestigious technical AFMC award

The 2013 Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Senior Civilian Engineer Award was recently presented to Dr. Donald Malloy, flight systems analysis lead with AEDC's Analysis and Evaluation Branch.The award citation reads in part, "During 2012, Dr. Malloy demonstrated innovation, initiative, and unrivaled
May 2, 2013
AFMC announces senior leader changes

Air Force Materiel Command officials announced May 2, 2013, that its executive director, Dr. Steve Butler, will retire effective June 30 after 35 years of service. He will be replaced by Michael Gill, currently executive director of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.Patsy Reeves, currently
May 2, 2013
AEDC supports SBIR commercialization readiness program project on pyrophoric fuel valve

A threat to commercial and military aircraft posed by surface-to-air and more recently, air-to-air missiles is being addressed by a collaborative effort between AEDC and Active Signal Technologies, Inc., on a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project on a programmable pyrophoric fuel and
April 29, 2013
AEDC Wind Tunnel upgrade improves flexible nozzle accuracy and reliability

AEDC's aerodynamic customers will have added assurance of smooth Mach number transitions due to recent upgrades underway in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel's (PWT) four foot transonic wind tunnel called 4T.An AEDC operations and maintenance team recently completed the mechanical installation of new

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