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  • AEDC’s 2009 economic impact exceeds $760 million

    Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) economic impact - which includes AEDC and its remote operating locations - the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 at White Oak in Silver Spring, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. - exceeded $760 million. This represents

  • P&W at AEDC - no on-the-job injuries in 10 years

    Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine test operations at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) achieved a major environmental health and safety milestone. On Nov. 11, P&W reached a 10-year, no lost-time injury milestone at the site. It has also been five years and five months since the last

  • AEDC employee knows 'Wounded Warrior' program changes lives

    Chief Master Sgt. Erik Wineland said May 26, the day he was medically discharged from the Air Force, was one of the darkest days of his life.He had to leave a way of life that he loved. Financially, Wineland and his wife Paula also faced an uncertain future.That was when a lady named Sharon Roark

  • Turkey Trot raises $1,800 for local charity

    AEDC's annual Turkey Trot gobbles up $1,800 for a local nonprofit organization.More than 180 participants ran to benefit the Good Samaritan organization in Tullahoma, Tenn. Good Samaritan is a nonprofit organization that provides social services to local citizens in need by assisting with

  • Local fifth graders teach, learn how 'to make a better world'

    The fifth grade energy team at Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Tullahoma wants to make a difference in their community.So teacher advisers Kathy Hagler and Sherry Roepke contacted Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) Kathy Nichols, section manager, design technical support, to initiate a

  • Commander speaks to veterans at local facility

    Col. Michael Panarisi, the commander of AEDC, was the guest speaker at a lunch held in honor of veterans employed at Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire's Warren County plant in Morrison, Tenn., Nov. 11. "We have 235 veterans here at our plant [altogether]," said Bridgestone Manager of

  • Annual Children's Christmas Party returns Dec. 6

    The annual Children's Christmas Party will be held from noon - 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Arnold Lakeside Center (ALC) for ages twelve and under. This event is free and open to all Arnold Engineering Development Center employees (active duty military, civil service, contractors), National Guard, Reserves,

  • AEDC hosts workshop on new Air Force firefighting training requirements

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) hosted a workshop Nov. 9 and 10 to brief Air Force Materiel Command fire training officers on upcoming changes to the Air Force's new firefighter Annual Training Program (ATP) and Automated Civil Engineer System - Fire Department (ACES-FD) scheduled to

  • AEDC hosts annual TERRA conference

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) recently hosted the annual Tennessee Employment Relations Research Association (TERRA) conference at the Arnold Lakeside Center. AEDC's Tom Quatrini said the annual event is a forum to bring management and labor from middle Tennessee together to discuss

  • AEDC reactivates technology sharing agreement with France

    Approximately one year ago, Tom Best, Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) technical director of the plans and programs directorate, realized there was an excellent opportunity to make an upcoming collaborative European visit with two technology partners even more productive.Best said a