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  • Minuteman III replacement program wraps up

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) engineers wrapped up testing of the Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP) for Minuteman III rocket motors in the center's J-6 test cell last week. The J-6 facility, which was built in 1994, is used for testing large rocket motors at simulated altitudes up

  • Christie LaPoint leads by example

    In 2007, when Christie LaPoint stepped off the plane onto the hot tarmac at Balad Air Base in northern Iraq, the Houston native felt like she already knew the place. LaPoint, the most recent addition to Aerospace Testing Alliance's Operations Center at Arnold Engineering Development Center, was no

  • Commander's childhood dream comes true at Arnold

    New Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Commander Col. Michael Panarisi's dream job as a child was to be an engineer. Being accepted to MIT was the beginning of that dream until the colonel realized he would not be able to afford the tuition. However, a childhood mentor advised him to think

  • AEDC reaches major milestone with hypersonic engine testing

    A 10-year effort to upgrade a high speed, high temperature, blow-down ground test facility at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) culminated in a recent hypersonic Mach 6 test run on a state-of-the-art combined-cycle engine demonstrator. "This test was significant," said Matthew Bond, test

  • Arnold bat population in danger of white nose syndrome

    Because Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) biologists are two of only a handful of experts who have experience with bat issues in the state of Tennessee, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has asked them to help with a current and wide-spread issue. Aerospace Testing Alliance

  • AEDC holds change of command ceremony

    The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) held a change of command ceremony July 13. Col. Michael Panarisi assumed command from Col. Art Huber in a formal ceremony presided over by Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson, Air Force

  • Energy savings isn’t just an environmental concern

    A small focus group made up of Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) and DoD system engineers, system architects, plant and test operations personnel gathered at the Gossick Leadership Center recently to discuss ways energy savings could be increased in the test mission area. The participants were chosen

  • AEDC to participate in federal funding seminar

    A Federal Funding Seminar, hosted by Congressman Lincoln Davis and the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services, and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center, will be held at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center Aug. 5-6. Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) purchasing and

  • NFAC engineer crosses borders to make a difference

    Jose Navarrete woke up around 7:30 a.m. in Quito, Ecuador, and almost wondered if the last seven months had been a dream. He took a quick shower, got everything into his large backpack, grabbed some breakfast and caught a taxi to the airport for the long flight back to California. Sitting in an

  • AEDC's 718th Test Squadron settles into new home

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Commander Col. Art Huber, 718th Test Squadron's leadership and staff celebrated the space and missile systems squadron's move to Building 1088, formerly known as the DECADE Facility, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 30. "Moving to Building 1088 was an