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  • Test facility fires 100th rocket motor

    Engineers at Arnold Engineering Development Center successfully test fired the 100th rocket motor in the J-6 Large Rocket Motor Test Facility last month. The significance of the event was not lost on those taking part in the test. "This was definitely a major milestone for AEDC and the Minuteman

  • Bartlett honored at Tennessee Tech alumni banquet

    Scott Bartlett, Aerospace Testing Alliance chief engineer, has been awarded Tennessee Technological University's 2009 Engineer of Distinction award. The award, given at a banquet celebrating National Engineers Week, recognizes alumni and others whose careers have contributed to or reflected credit

  • Comm Squad wins AFMC award, will now compete at Air Force level

    Arnold Engineering Development Center's 704th Communications Squadron has won the Lt. Gen. Harold W. Grant Air Force Communications and Information Annual Team Award for 2008. This is an Air Force Materiel Command level award. The squadron will now compete for an Air Force level award. General Grant

  • AEDC personnel honored at annual awards banquet

    More than 200 gathered for the Arnold Engineering Development Center 2008 Annual Awards Banquet held Feb. 27 at the Arnold Lakeside Club. The banquet recognized and rewarded the outstanding achievements of AEDC team members.The event is a melding of military, civil service, non-appropriated fund and

  • Contract awarded for jet engine test facility project

    A $27.8 million contract was awarded to Chicago Bridge and Iron Inc., for the first phase of Turbine Engine Dry Air Capability (TEDAC) here.  This project constructs a new desiccant wheel facility in the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility (ASTF) complex (built in the early 1980s) that will provide

  • Coal miner's daughter finds her niche

    Imagine a job where you spend months in exotic, isolated and distant locations and can't talk much about what you do. That might sound like a CIA operative or an FBI agent, but no, try a signature measurement team engineer at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). "My dad thinks I am some

  • On base UTSI graduate studies program promotes technical excellence

    A University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) graduate studies program taught on base is providing Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) work force a significant opportunity that will have far-reaching benefits, both locally and beyond. AEDC leadership is appreciative of the

  • Top service scientist pays visit

    Since becoming the Chief Scientist of the Air Force in October, Dr. Werner Dahm has been visiting Air Force bases throughout Air Force Materiel Command and elsewhere to get a better understanding of how operations - including ground tests - are being conducted. Last week Dr. Dahm made his first

  • Morris Ferry Dock boat ramp open to the public

    The Morris Ferry Dock boat ramp re-opened to the public today. A ceremony was held commemorating the re-opening and was attended by Air Force, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, and Franklin County officials and representatives from several local fishing clubs. Air Force, TWRA and Franklin County