HiFEX prepares for a space future
Inna Kurits, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Tunnel 9 test engineer, checks the Air Force HiFEX vehicle geometry for final readiness before being tested in the AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9. Novel airframe/engine integration combined with advanced test and evaluation techniques in a world-unique test environment to gain the very first data sets for this international US-German cooperative program as scientists and engineers look to the future of space access.