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  • AEDC is location of choice for Small Business Innovation Research test

    When a small business has the opportunity to demonstrate and evaluate one of the latest technological innovations at the world's largest and most advanced ground test complex, the results can be very impressive, said Tyler Neale, a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) test manager at AEDC.This

  • Purvis to speak at luncheon

    The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Arnold Association of Professional Societies (AAPS) will sponsor a luncheon meeting Sept. 14 at the Arnold Lakeside Club.The luncheon includes a presentation by AIAA Distinguished Lecturer John W. Purvis titled "Accidents Happen:

  • AFMC vice commander reflects on tenure, transition to new post

    Progress -- that's the legacy Air Force Materiel Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger hopes to leave behind as her tenure at Headquarters AFMC draws to a close this week."As I look back on this time frame, my hope is that I will be remembered not only for taking care of the command's

  • Ropes course fondly remembered at facilitators reunion

    The official name was AEDC Teamworks Adventure.But most folks on base probably knew it as the "Ropes Course" and, in the early 1990s, it may have contributed as much to the concept of Team AEDC as anything on base.Spurred by Test Systems Division Director Ron Polce's upcoming retirement Sept. 2,

  • Trull receives two prestigious appointments

    Arnold AFB Police Chief Richard Trull has been selected as the first-ever Arnold Police Department (APD) officer to attend the FBI National Academy.In addition, Trull was recently named the District 6 representative to the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police Board of Directors.Trull will

  • AEDC and UTSI collaborate on cryogenic challenge

    A recently completed cryo-contamination experiment in AEDC's small ultra high vacuum (UHV) chamber, overseen by ATA's Dr. Heard Lowry III and conducted by three University of Tennessee Space Institute graduate students, is being heralded as a success.Jim Burns, AEDC's space chambers lead, initiated

  • AFRL tests Speed Agile transport vehicle concept at NFAC

    Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers have embarked upon a critical set of experiments designed to test a new Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) transport vehicle concept. During this set of experiments, a 23-percent scale model is being tested in the Arnold Engineering and Development

  • Charlie Armstrong bids AEDC farewell

    In 1961, Charlie Armstrong, along with his elementary school classmates, visited the Shelbyville Fire Department. That experience left a distinct impression on Armstrong, an AEDC Fire Department firefighter crew chief who is retiring from Arnold after nearly 38 years in the profession."Shelbyville's

  • Col. Michael Brewer is new AEDC commander

    Col. Michael T. Brewer formally accepted command of the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Aug. 2.Colonel Brewer is the former commander of the 46th Test Wing, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla. He received his commission in 1986 after graduating from

  • Education fair showcases opportunities for AEDC, community

    Members of the military, Department of Defense (DOD) civilians, contractors and the public showed up for the third annual Arnold education fair July 15.This was the first year the fair, which was held at the Arnold Lakeside Center (ALC), was opened up to the public.The event began three years ago to