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  • Engineer-for-a-day program is alive and well in 2010

    Sixty-three students from eight mid-state counties recently attended the engineer-for-a-day program at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) and other area businesses. According to Early McKnight, a systems support engineer for Jacobs Technology Inc., participation in the program may have hit

  • Tunnel 9 ushers in new paradigm for evaluation and test

    For the past year, engineers at the Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 located at Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) White Oak location renovated their main tunnel controller. They installed a state-of-the-art digital control room and completed a successful return to service, verifying all

  • Bill Gray hangs up his hat for lighter days on the farm

    When asked what they plan on doing after retirement most people say travel, spend time with family or grandkids, but for Bill Gray it's something much more low key - farming. "We live on a farm in Lynchburg so I will probably be doing more farm jobs," he said. "One thing I want to do is finish my

  • Trip to war region heightens AFMC commander's resolve

    The commander of Air Force Materiel Command returned recently from a trip to Iraq and other sites in the region with an amped-up sense of responsibility to deployed Airmen who depend on his command for the supplies, parts and maintenance to get their jobs done.General Donald Hoffman had a simple

  • Arnold ups educational outreach

    Local students got a taste of the type of work conducted at AEDC as they either invited AEDC employees for activities at their schools or visited the center to get a first-hand look at facilities.Several of Arnold's military personnel took part in New Union Elementary's Read Across America program.

  • A tornado leveled his house but not his spirit

    April 10, 2009, to most people was the beginning of Easter weekend, but for Art Fuller it was a day he will never forget. The day started out like any other Friday, but by mid-day the clouds started shifting and began to darken. Severe weather alerts were popping up on employees' computers and the

  • Co-workers discover it's a small world

    Despite the realities of the 'digital age,' it seems most people are still surprised to find how interconnected the world can become. During their time at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), the paths of Ed Mickle and Crawford Parrish Sr. had virtually never crossed until they recently

  • Cope earns achievement award in emergency services

    Ricky Cope, a paramedic crew chief for Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Fire and Emergency Services, has been honored with the Tennessee Ambulance Service Association's (TASA) 2010 Tommy Erwin Lifetime Achievement Award. The Tommy Erwin Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to

  • Payload aboard recent shuttle launch tested at AEDC

    Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, the most recent space shuttle launch, connected the cupola to the International Space Station (ISS) that was tested at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). The cupola window test was conducted in AEDC's 12-foot diameter vacuum (12V) space

  • Global Hawk engine to 'fly' again at AEDC

    The AE3007H growth engine, the power plant for the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), is undergoing testing in Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) T-4 test cell."This is the first [altitude] test on this [specific] growth engine," said Gary Meuer, Aerospace Testing Alliance