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  • AEDC Green Team finds beauty in composting

    There's the saying that "one man's trash is another man's treasure," and that's certainly the belief for those taking part in the composting program at AEDC.Annie Clements, a systems analyst who started the composting effort on base through a recent Air Force Innovation Grant, found that not only is

  • AEDC awards TOS Contract

    The contracting office at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment contract Nov. 16, 2015. This contract will ensure AEDC remains the nation's ground test and evaluation facility of choice... today and tomorrow.National Aerospace Solutions, LLC (NAS),

  • AEDC testing benefits future of F-35 fleet

    The full hot-life capability of Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine, which is used in the F-35 Lightning II, was successfully demonstrated during Accelerated Mission Testing, or AMT, in test cell Sea Level 2 at AEDC.Sponsored by U.S. Air Force Engine Component Improvement Program Office, the test focused

  • Hero Award presented to ATA engineer

    Dr. Robert Knapke, ATA engineer and scientist, was selected as recipient of the Hero Award for the Up and Coming in High Performance Computing Modernization Program.Sandy Landsberg, associate director of Resource Management for the HPCMP, presented Knapke with the award during a presentation held

  • ASTF marks 30 years since Initial Operational Capability

    The 30th anniversary of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility achieving initial operational capability was Sept. 30 with the conclusion of a Pratt & Whitney F100 engine test in the facility's C-1 test cell.Upon conception of the large engine test facility in 1965, ASTF would provide propulsion

  • Klingensmith receives William M. Dunne People’s Choice recognition

    Gene Klingensmith, an AEDC aerospace engineer, recently received the William M. Dunne People's Choice award for outstanding support for the AEDC Aeropropulsion Ground Test Branch.A nomination for the award cited Klingensmith for his initiative and selflessness in managing turbine engine testing and

  • Timmons receives AEDC Safety Achievement Award

    Denny Timmons, Air Force Civil Engineering Center (AFCEC) Restoration Program manager at AEDC, was awarded the AEDC Safety Achievement Award at the quarterly award breakfast July 22.Timmons was cited, by an award nomination, for "ensuring safety is the number one priority in the execution of the

  • AEDC personnel reflect on Complex’s support of GPS

    The Global Positioning System (GPS) achieved full-operational capability July 17, 1995, and as the U.S. Air Force celebrated this anniversary, AEDC engineers also reflected on the Complex's role in the testing and development of the system.The final acceptance and qualification tests for the Navstar