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  • Arnold leads the way with new test technique on Army projectile

    A recent aerodynamic test conducted on the Army's Mid-Range Munition (MRM) in Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) four-foot transonic wind tunnel (4T) provided a new and critically needed performance evaluation capability for current and potential test customers. "What made this test

  • AEDC to add new space test capability

    The Air Force awarded a $26.1 million contract to ATK Mission Research of Santa Barbara, Calif., Wednesday to produce the Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) ground test capability at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. "We are very excited to have

  • AEDC team proves up to the challenge of Annual TUFF competition

    A total of seven people, representing (Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), joined approximately 200 firefighters from across the state to test their skills and compete in the fifth Annual Tennessee Fire Fighter (TUFF) Challenge at the Tennessee Fire Service Codes Enforcement Academy in

  • Journey to AEDC facility provided an answer to prayers

    Madhav Rao listened intently as one of his engineering professors told him about a place that almost sounded too good to be true, where cutting-edge flight simulation testing was conducted among a tight-knit team of professionals. His undergraduate professor never mentioned the name of the place and

  • Arnold volunteers teach Boy Scout Merit Badge class on energy awareness

    On Oct. 11, a couple of Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) employees volunteered their off-duty time to teach 26 Boy Scouts, representing five area troops, an energy awareness merit badge class at the Gossick Leadership Center at Arnold Air Force Base. Rick McCoy, an ATA energy program manager and an

  • Arnold’s annual VA Picnic honors America’s heroes

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) annual VA picnic provided veterans from different eras the opportunity to share a meal, enjoy a change of scenery and share their stories with volunteers from AEDC and surrounding communities at the Arnold Lakeside Club Oct. 3. Some of the veterans

  • Memorandum of agreement for testing facility signed

    On Sept. 15, a collaborative relationship between Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) and the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) reached a major milestone with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the two organizations for the ownership and maintenance of UTSI's

  • NFAC helicopter team awarded for testing efforts

    A checkout test team at Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex in Moffet Field, Calif., was awarded the San Francisco Chapter of the American Helicopter Society 2008 award for Outstanding Contribution to the Powered-Lift Field Vertical Take-Off and