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  • UTSI, AEDC collaboration leads to improved capability in space chamber

    If it doesn't exist - build it. Faculty, staff and students at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) helped Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) do exactly that by building a precise electric propulsion (EP) thrust stand.According to Dr. Trevor Moeller, assistant professor at

  • Local community leader selected to attend the National Security Forum

    Franklin County resident and Tullahoma business owner, Mike Niederhauser, has received and accepted a personal invitation from the Secretary of the Air Force to attend the 57th Annual National Security Forum (NSF) at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The purpose of NSF is to

  • Suggestions save money for AEDC, earn awards for employees

    At Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), ideas can truly lead to action, as well as rewards for employees and savings for the company. Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) Ideas in Action suggestion program implemented one employee-generated suggestion in March, which should result in an

  • ATA managers receive CPR training

    Aerospace Testing Alliance's (ATA) senior leadership team is now 100 percent trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the use of automated external defibrillators (AED). The training, conducted by Tony Rollins of ATA Safety and Health, occurred in multiple sessions, the most recent of

  • Arnold AFB staff rallies for flood response

    For the next week, the Nashville disaster relief sites have been declared an alternate place of duty for all Department of Defense employees at Arnold Engineering Development Center. Acting upon requests from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, AEDC Commander, Col. Michael T. Panarisi, called

  • The other electrical hazard; AEDC's arc flash safety program gets high marks

    An arc flash can happen in less than a thousandth of a second, causing substantial damage, fire and death. A dramatic example of this phenomenon is a lightning strike, as often seen during a thunderstorm. Equally dangerous is the type of arc flash that can occur at industrial complexes like AEDC.An

  • In-Person with Derrick Hinton

    Derrick Hinton, principal staff assistant and adviser to the director of Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) visited Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) April 7 - 9 as part of a NASA-DoD Aeronautics Facilities Users Meeting.This meeting is a result of the NASA and DoD National

  • Ramesh Gulati, AEDC best practices result in book

    Ramesh Gulati, asset management and reliability planning manager with Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), has been called an "ambassador" for Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). That's because everywhere he goes - both inside and outside the company - he tries to create a "reliability

  • Tom Irvine: NASA's vision for collaboration with AEDC

    During the recent Aeronautics Test Facilities Users Meeting at Arnold Engineering Development Center, the deputy associate administer for the aeronautics research missions directorate at NASA headquarters took some time to share his vision for the agency's future.Tom Irvine, who has been involved