Jan. 23, 2024 Building bridges: National Guard lends hand with Arnold AFB installation project An Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge operated by Guardsmen from the Tennessee Army National Guard was used at Arnold AFB, headquarters of AEDC, to ensure a crane needed for the installation of a manway and piping around the exhaust duct of the J-2 test facility could cross an alleyway with an axle
Jan. 22, 2024 AEDC team members mark completion of 16S honeycomb The designers of the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base recognized when their work began in the 1950s that continuous improvements to the test facility would eventually be needed to keep pace with advancements in technology that were sure to transpire over the ensuing
Jan. 22, 2024 New system seeks to upgrade explosive ordnance disposal robots, aid technicians A new system seeks to aid explosive ordnance disposal, or EOD, technicians by adding a simple and inexpensive system to improve depth detection while controlling disposal robots to manage counter-improvised explosive device, or C-IED, operations.
Jan. 22, 2024 Adobe Team to incorporate license orchestrator improvements The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate’s Adobe team completed option year two transition activities supporting the Joint Enterprise License Agreement (JELA) III contract in the BES Service Management Division.
Jan. 19, 2024 Air Force tests Ejection Seat Drogue Chute for T-7A Red Hawk The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate successfully tested the ACES 5 Escape System Drogue chute that will go on the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft.
Jan. 17, 2024 Flashback: North American F-107A Zero-Length Launch A historical look at the development of the F-107A.
Jan. 17, 2024 Team Robins, helicopters: A duo in national defense, rescue operations When most people think of the Air Force, airplanes and jets first come to mind. However, there is another type of aircraft that is very important to protecting and serving our nation – they’re helicopters. And Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is home to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s
Jan. 16, 2024 AFIMSC supports Sentinel missile weapon system beddown The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is executing a multi-year design and construction program to provide beddown for the Department of the Air Force nuclear deterrence mission.
Jan. 16, 2024 10-year partnership delivers valuable training, innovation opportunities Team Hanscom and University of Massachusetts Lowell officials recently gathered at the UML campus in Lowell, Mass., to celebrate a decade-long partnership.
Jan. 12, 2024 Air Force conducts second Sentinel static fire test The Air Force and Northrop Grumman conducted a static fire test today for the Stage-2 solid rocket motor of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.