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  • Tunnel 9 moves closer to 360-degree TSP capability

    The team at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland, has for some time considered a 360-degree capability for tests involving temperature-sensitive paint, or TSP, and has worked for about a year on ways to achieve it.Thanks to recent innovations developed after a customer’s need

  • AEDC teams assist in preparing the Dream Chaser for its future missions

    The Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane recently had a successful free-flight test over the Mojave Desert in California, later making its landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.The Hypersonic CTF at Edwards AFB is managed by AEDC, which is headquartered at Arnold Air Force

  • AEDC Tunnel 9 team members taking initiative in STEM outreach

    AEDC supports many Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) efforts throughout middle Tennessee impacting nearly 19,000 students in more than 60 schools since 2013 and has a program dedicated to STEM at Arnold Air Force Base.But the STEM efforts don’t stop in Middle Tennessee, the

  • AEDC team working to achieve FIAR compliance

    Over the past eight months, AEDC team members have been preparing inventory records for audit by certified public accountants as a part of the Department of Defense Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Program. Program priorities were established in August 2009 and require DOD

  • Swanson appreciative of Arnold experience

    Fearing that she would become too emotional, Kathy Swanson did not plan on giving a big speech during her retirement party.Instead, Swanson put her thoughts in a letter handed out to co-workers and colleagues in attendance. One of the things she emphasized in this letter was her appreciation to the

  • Arnold AFB Angel Tree supporters bring Christmas joy to 143 children

    When the call for help went out personnel across Arnold Air Force Base promptly responded; and due to their efforts, Christmas will be a little brighter for 143 area children. Arnold team members, local counselors and volunteers joined together recently to collect all of the toys and clothing

  • CFD verifies new AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 nozzle design

    The new Mach 18 nozzle design at the AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland, near Silver Spring, has been successfully verified using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) codes.A new nozzle was needed to extend the range of desired conditions from the Mach 7, 8, 10 and 14 conditions