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  • New cameras make image capture easier at AEDC ballistics range

    Until recently, getting new parts for the laser camera system at AEDC's Hypervelocity Ballistic Range G was a lot like antique shopping.In a time when it's hard to buy a new camera that isn't digital, workers at Range G have been stretching their resources to keep their film-based camera equipment

  • AEDC played vital role in space shuttle development

    The last space shuttle launch is set for early July. Bill Peters remembers the first."Probably the first 50 ... I watched about every one of those either live if I could, or I would record them," said Peters, the Aerodynamics and Propulsion Section manager for ATA. "Many of us engineers in the wind

  • AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

    From Arnold Engineering Development Center's inception in 1951 to today, two other world-class aerospace testing complex's have closely paralleled Arnold's 60-year history in significant ways.The Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL) at White Oak, Md., was established in 1944. The scope of work there

  • AEDC's David Hiebert and Gwendolyn Hinson help put a face on history

    Those who visit one section of Building 430 can see where a tremendous volume of one-of-a-kind documents representing 60 years of Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) history is stored and undergoing processing. Walk through the door and it is hard to miss an old, but well preserved vinyl

  • AEDC holds DOE introductory class for engineers

    AEDC recently held a two-day design of experiments (DOE) introductory course at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) for 20 of the center's engineers.Jerry Kitchen, technical director for the Science of Test Engineering and Technical Management Office, said this course was the next

  • Lietenant Gurganus deploys, returns as executive officer

    The last few months have been a bit of a whirlwind for 1st Lt. Jamie Gurganus.Lieutenant Gurganus was a project manager in the Turbine Engine Ground Test Complex when she was notified she was being deployed to Afghanistan. She returned to Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in March after a

  • AEDC team puts new small diameter bomb to the test

    Imagine a lightweight and powerful precision-guided bomb that would enable an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter pilot to find and destroy a moving enemy target under challenging conditions - like during a powerful dust storm at night with anti-aircraft rounds being launched. And in case that first bomb

  • AEDC Fellow Dr. James Mitchell looks back on 60 years of AEDC history

    In 1989, Dr. James G. Mitchell became one of the first Arnold Engineering Development Center employees to be recognized by the AEDC Fellows program. This program had been established to recognize people who have made exceptionally distinguished contributions to the center's flight testing mission.

  • From soldier to pipefitter, retired employee has seen AEDC from all angles

    When Jack Boyer arrived at Camp Forrest in 1941 with the Army, he never dreamed that his journey would take him full circle: overseas with the Army and back for a career at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC).Now the 92-year-old Manchester resident reflects on a life of satisfaction and