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Oct. 20, 2020
Ironworkers overcome challenges to complete platform for AEDC engine test cell ahead of schedule

Earlier this year, a group of ironworkers with the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Model and Machine Shop at Arnold Air Force Base were tasked with building a complex aluminum platform system for the C-2 Engine Test Cell.While on paper the task seemed easy enough, the ironworker crew was sent
June 17, 2019
AEDC space chamber supports Ground-Based Midcourse Defense

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a successful flight test for a program that the AEDC 10-foot vacuum (10V) chamber at Arnold Air Force Base has supported for nearly a decade. MDA, in cooperation with the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, U.S. Northern
April 22, 2019
Portable data station increasing test throughput, providing benefits for all AEDC testing

Members of AEDC Test Support Systems Division at Arnold Air Force Base designed and built U7, a portable data acquisition system that allows instrumentation, data and controls (ID&C) engineers to set up and prepare instrumentation between and during normal test operations. U7 consists of a portable
March 5, 2018
AEDC skilled craft workers providing essential support to engine test facilities at Arnold

AEDC craft personnel perform maintenance on the C-Plant Turbine Chiller 3 (TC3) at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility for test support of the C-2 engine test cell at Arnold Air Force Base. Chiller units like TC3 enable altitude testing in the C1 and C2 engine test cells. In addition to the

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Ironworkers overcome challenges to complete platform for AEDC engine test cell ahead of schedule

AEDC space chamber supports Ground-Based Midcourse Defense

Portable data station increasing test throughput, providing benefits for all AEDC testing

AEDC skilled craft workers providing essential support to engine test facilities at Arnold