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Jan. 4, 2024
AEDC Spark Tank idea submission deadline is Jan. 12

The deadline to submit ideas for the 2024 Arnold Engineering Development Complex Spark Tank is Jan. 12.Spark Tank is the Department of the Air Force’s Annual showcase event in which selected Airmen, Guardians and contractors pitch innovative solutions to difficult Air Force and Space Force problems
Nov. 9, 2023
AEDC Acoustic Imager places Top 3 in AFMC Spark Tank

The potential impact a project previously awarded funding through the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Spark Tank program could have across the Air Force Materiel Command enterprise did not go unnoticed.That project – the acquisition of an acoustic imager – was selected as one of three
Sept. 29, 2023
AEDC Innovation Spark Tank 2024 submission period begins Oct. 1

Building off the success of this year’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex Spark Tank program, which produced a top-three idea currently being reviewed by the commander of Air Force Materiel Command, AEDC are being asked to submit their innovative ideas.Ideas for the 2024 Spark Tank may be
Aug. 7, 2023
AEDC Spark Tank: LUCAS 3 chest compression machine saves lives, improves patient outcomes

When it comes to saving lives, seconds count.Having life-saving knowledge and the tools at hand is essential for success in the business of being a first responder. None understand this more than the crew at Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services, or FES. The department was recently
March 23, 2023
2023 AEDC Spark Tank initiative funds multiple projects

Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members were recently granted funding for their innovative ideas as part of the 2023 AEDC Spark Tank.An announcement was made in October 2022 calling all innovators to submit their ideas, and the last day for submissions was Jan.13. The AEDC Spark Tank
Sept. 30, 2022
AEDC Spark Tank 2023 kicks off Oct. 1

Building off the success of this year’s AEDC Spark Tank program, AEDC personnel are once again being asked to submit their latest innovative ideas for the next one starting Oct. 1.All AEDC team members, including DOD civilians and contractors across all AEDC units, including those geographically
Sept. 21, 2022
AEDC Spark Tank: AEDC engineer proposes new high-temperature measurement, calibration techniques

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – To say temperatures produced by some of the test facilities within the Arnold Engineering Development Complex are hot is a bit of an understatement.Such test cells, like the arc-heated facilities at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of AEDC, can produce temperatures
Aug. 18, 2022
AEDC Spark Tank: Innovative integration of smart radios to enhance 586th FLTS flight test capabilities

The 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, will be integrating new smart radios to improve and adapt the current flight test capabilities and meet the increasing need to support rapid software-based development technologies.The 586 FLTS is part of the 704th Test Group,
June 30, 2022
AEDC Spark Tank: Engineers study control system method for possible implementation

The pursuit of better results sometimes requires a fresh approach.Research is now underway to determine whether a control system method used in various industries but not yet implemented within Arnold Engineering Development Complex will offer better performance than the method currently used within
June 15, 2022
Propulsion team continues flow visualization study to save time, money

Team members with the 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base are continuing to collect shadowgraph measurements of high sound pressure level nozzle acoustic events to validate computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, prediction methods.To

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