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  • Arnold public web site has new look, features

    In May, the Air Force unveiled a new look for its official Web sites, and the Arnold public Web site migrated to that new look July 27. For frequent visitors to the Arnold site, the changes are obvious at a glance. The site features a larger layout, larger photos, new technology and less clutter. The design offers users new content types with the
  • AEDC outside machinist J. R. Dunham prepares a Minuteman Stage III motor before testing in J-6 in 2003. Operators fired the randomly selected motor at a simulated altitude of 100,000 feet to qualify the motor’s production lot. The test confirmed contaminants in the propellant did not impact motor performance.

    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 to 100,000 feet above sea level. "Since the
  • Col. Michael Panarisi

    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 outside the box and think of bigger
  • Aerospace Testing Alliance Outside Machinist Everett Fulmer inspects the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Falcon Combined-cycle Engine Technology (FaCET) scramjet test article in the center’s Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit test cell prior to a test. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

    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 manager of AEDC's Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test
  • The tri-colored bat is currently one of the most common bats in Tennessee. That could all change with white nose syndrome. (Photo by John Lamb)

    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 Conservation Biologists John Lamb and Richie Wyckoff
  • Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, presents Arnold Engineering Development Center’s flag to Col. Michael Panarisi as the colonel assumes the command of Arnold July 13. (Photo by David Housch)

    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 Base (AFB), Ohio. Arnold's squadron commanders,
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