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AEDC expanding missile signature characterization capabilities

The missile plume transmittance measurement system, consisting of two multi-path, broadband infrared light source and two hyperspectral infrared imagers set up opposite each other, undergoes testing using a towed airborne plume simulator burner installed in the High-Speed Fan Facility shooting a blast of fire and smoke between them at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, May 12, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC expanding missile signature characterization capabilities

Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members prepare to swap out a depleted pyrophoric fuel tank for a full one in a towed airborne plume simulator burner at the High-Speed Fan Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, May 10, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC expanding missile signature characterization capabilities

Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members swap out a depleted pyrophoric fuel tank for a full one in a towed airborne plume simulator burner at the High-Speed Fan Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, May 10, 2022, during a test of the missile plume transmittance measurement system. The system was developed by Physical Sciences Inc. through a Small Business Innovation Research Program contract. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC experiences record-breaking accelerated mission test

A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine for the Conventional Take-Off and Landing version of the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter completed a record-breaking accelerated mission test in the Sea Level 3 (SL-3) test cell at AEDC. Shown here is a previous test of the F135 in the AEDC SL- 3 test cell. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC exploring high-speed video for engine vibration testing analysis

The feed from a high-speed camera is displayed on a laptop in software that uses the video to analyze vibrations, Sept. 1, 2020, in the sea-level test cell SL-1 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC exploring high-speed video for engine vibration testing analysis

Seth Beaman, a Naval Air Systems Command aeropropulsion test analyst, uses a laptop to check the view of a high-speed camera, Sept. 1, 2020, in the sea-level test cell SL-1 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The camera, combined with software, allows for the observation and measurement of vibrations. Beaman is studying the potential for its use as an analysis tool for engine testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC exploring high-speed video for engine vibration testing analysis

Seth Beaman, a Naval Air Systems Command aeropropulsion test analyst, aims a light mounted alongside a high-speed camera at an aircraft engine, Sept. 1, 2020, in the sea-level test cell SL-1 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The camera, combined with software, allows for the observation and measurement of vibrations. Beaman is studying the potential for its use as an analysis tool for engine testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC exploring high-speed video for engine vibration testing analysis

A high-speed camera is temporarily mounted in the sea-level test cell SL-1 using magnets, Sept. 1, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The camera combined with special software, allows for the observation and measurement of vibrations. The portability of the system is one of the benefits over the standard test cell cameras. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC exploring high-speed video for engine vibration testing analysis

Seth Beaman, a Naval Air Systems Command aeropropulsion test analyst, sets up a high-speed camera, Sept. 1, 2020, in the sea-level test cell SL-1 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The camera, combined with software, allows for the observation and measurement of vibrations. Beaman is studying the potential for its use as an analysis tool for engine testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

This Douglas XSBD-2 model was the first aircraft to be tested in the NACA Ames 40 x 80-foot wind tunnel, the largest wind tunnel in the world at the time. Drag reduction studies were performed on the airplane. (NASA file photo)

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AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

In 1975, scale model of the space shuttle orbiter is installed into the 40 by 80-foot wind tunnel at the NFAC for subsonic aerodynamic testing of what the vehicle would experience during the latter stages of re-entry. (NASA photo by Lee Jones)

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AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

A photo taken in 1989 shows one of Tunnel 9’s two test legs that were designed and built to accommodate the multiple testing capabilities available at the facility. Each leg contains a test cell which is 5 feet in diameter and more than 12 feet in length. These test cells can accommodate full-scale reentry bodies, full-scale endo-interceptor, and large-scale aerospace vehicles and hypersonic inlet models. (File Photo)

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AEDC extends beyond Tennessee: Tunnel 9 and NFAC

In 2009, a UH-60 Blackhawk rotor was mounted on the Large Rotor Test Apparatus during testing of the Individual Blade Control system at AEDC’s National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex’s 40 by 80-foot wind tunnel. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

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AEDC F135 engine test team reaches important milestone

From left, Capt. Scott Rinella, AEDC Air Force test manager, and John Kelly, AEDC’s Navy project manager on Initial Service Release F135 Joint Strike Fighter engine test, pose for a photo by the engine that will power the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC F135 engine test team reaches important milestone

AEDC’s John Kelly and Jeff Dodd inspect the F135 engine that will power the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Kelly, AEDC’s Navy project manager on the recently completed F135 engine milestone test, and Dodd, Aerospace Testing Alliance’s project manager on the test entry, were proud to play a role in the test, a milestone in the JSF program. This successfully completed test brings this Initial Service Release F135 engine closer to being certified by the government for flight testing and subsequent use in the fleet. (Photos by Rick Goodfriend)

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AEDC Federal Women's Program makes a donation to Rolling Thunder

Members from the Rolling Thunder Inc., Tennessee Chapter 1, accepted a donation to support their cause from the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Federal Women’s Program (FWP). Those pictured in the photo are (l-r) Heather Fair-Rawn, FWP member; Sara Rozell, FWP member; Col. Raymond Toth, AEDC Commander; Kenneth Kingdon Jr., Rolling Thunder Chairman of the Board; Shanda Peterson, FWP member; Joseph Mattingly, Rolling Thunder representative; Rhonda Ward, FWP program manager; Melissa Warren, FWP member; and Thomas Oakley, Rolling Thunder representative. FWP members not pictured are Debbie Coffelt, Toni Trimble, Lynn Armer, Kandi Pearson and Holly Jones. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

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AEDC Fellow

Dr. David Elrod

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AEDC Fellow

Wade Stevenson

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AEDC Fellow Claude Morse remembered for his contributions

Arnold Engineering Development Complex Fellow Claude Morse, front row third from right, is among the AEDC Fellows and leaders who met June 23, 2023, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC, for Fellows’ Day. Morse, who worked at Arnold for more than 30 years and is credited for marketing the capabilities of AEDC to the media, national and international industry, and the local community, passed away Nov. 12, 2023, at the age of 79. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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AEDC Fellow Claude Morse remembered for his contributions

Claude Morse, right, receives the Arnold Engineer Development Complex Lifetime Achievement Fellows plaque from then-AEDC Chief Technologist Dr. Edward Kraft during a June 24, 2016, banquet at the Arnold Lakeside Complex to recognize his induction as an AEDC Fellow. Morse, who worked at Arnold for more than 30 years and is credited for marketing the capabilities of AEDC to the media, national and international industry, and the local community, passed away Nov. 12, 2023, at the age of 79. (U.S. Air Force photo by Holly Peterson)

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