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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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