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Dec. 14, 2012
Technical Excellence Poster Winners

Three Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) engineering professionals received awards Nov. 29 for technical posters presented at the Third Annual Technical Excellence Poster Session.The event was sponsored by the Arnold Association of Professional Societies (AAPS) in conjunction with the
Dec. 14, 2012
AEDC Visitor Center closing for the holidays

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Visitor Center will close during the Christmas and New Year holiday from Dec. 22 - Jan. 1.Personnel who are working during this time and have an emergency need for a common access card (CAC) that would result in a work stoppage may contact the base
Dec. 13, 2012
Navy returns to AEDC to test next-generation heat shield candidate materials for missiles, reentry vehicles

Once it leaves a U.S. Navy Trident II submarine and is clear of the water, a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) rapidly accelerates to more than Mach 20, on its trajectory to impact and destroy a target.An SLBM is the Navy's sea-based equivalent to the Air Force's land-based
Dec. 12, 2012
AEDC's National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex team celebrates 25th anniversary of the world's largest wind tunnels

Twenty five years ago on Dec. 11, 1987, construction of the 80-foot by 120-foot test section addition to the existing 40-foot by 80-foot wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in Moffett Field, Calif., was completed. To honor the grand opening of the facility comprising the world's two
Dec. 12, 2012
AEDC Fire Department honors a true hero

When Arnold Engineering Development Complex Fire Department Chief Daryle Lopes sent an email out to the worldwide fire protection community seeking moral support for a young man battling cancer, to say Chief Lopes was pleased and impressed with the response is an understatement.Mark Kelly Olson is a
Dec. 3, 2012
AEDC played critical role in supporting NASA Explorer's mission to MAP the skies

Looking skyward, scientists world-wide now know the universe's size, composition, approximate age and rate of expansion, thanks in part to "essential" data derived from a time-sensitive test conducted at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Mark 1 Aerospace Space Chamber in February
Nov. 30, 2012
AEDC's Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory: 60-years plus of unrivaled mission support into the future and beyond

When Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) engineers conduct mission-critical flight simulation testing on leading-edge aerospace systems, including aircraft, rocket motors, spacecraft and missiles, they rely heavily on what the Complex's Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL)
Nov. 30, 2012
Ribbon-cutting marks first milestone for new mission-critical capability at AEDC's large military engine test facility

On Nov. 19, Rosemary Matty led a ribbon-cutting celebrating the success of a $3.6 million investment project to modernize and expand the capabilities of the nation's largest military aircraft engine ground test facility, located at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex. "This is the first of
Nov. 30, 2012
AEDC employee promotes AEDC in the community

It's no surprise that Greg Sandlin, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) engineer, former Tullahoma alderman and Tullahoma Rotary Club member, readily promotes Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in his community of Tullahoma.AEDC's support contractor, ATA, encourages employee community
Sept. 13, 2012
Donations needed for annual AEDC VA picnic

Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) annual Veterans Affairs (VA) picnic is Oct. 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Arnold Lakeside Center and coordinators are encouraging the local community to provide donations.The veterans attending the picnic are residents of the VA Tennessee Valley

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