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  • 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

  • ATA honored for focus on continuing education

    Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA), AEDC's operating partner, is being honored for encouraging continuing education among its program managers. The Nashville chapter of the Program Management Institute (PMI) has named ATA its Corporate Sponsor of the Year for 2009. The Project Management Institute is

  • AEDC testers react to upcoming first orbital flight test of X-37

    The U.S. Air Force-Boeing X-37B orbital test vehicle (OTV) is set to launch into space atop an Atlas V booster from Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 21. The upcoming launch has caught the attention of engineers, technicians and craftsmen at AEDC who supported the X-37 program over the years."It's great

  • Success or failure can rest on a millisecond:

    Space is a harsh and unforgiving environment, one that exposes satellites and space craft to powerful radiation, extreme temperatures and a host of other potentially destructive forces and phenomena. This is why it is so important to rigorously test satellite, space vehicle and launch systems,

  • AEDC plans for natural gas system privatization

    Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) has taken an important step in the privatization process by entering into a contract with the Elk River Public Utility District (ERPUD) to replace the base's natural gas distribution system. Privatization is essentially the sale or transfer of a current

  • ATA recipient of military support award

    Even though Arnold Air Force Base does not have many uniformed military on base it still receives support for employing a military mission. No one knows this better than those who have deployed or are currently deployed to support the war effort overseas. For this reason, Jody Frame, facility

  • New STEM program designed to inspire the next generation underway at AEDC

    The next generation of engineers and scientists has just started their educational journey. Today they are solving multiplication and division problems and learning basic scientific principles, but one day they will be the designers of the next generation of flight vehicles or weapon systems. They