Aug. 31, 2022 AFMC commander visits Arnold Air Force Base Ben Holton, right, deputy, 716th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, uses a model of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, to explain how the wind tunnels operate to Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, left, commander, Air Force Materiel
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,
July 22, 2022 AFMC organizations team to increase safety, efficiency of debris collection at Holloman High Speed Test Track Project Zero is an effort by the 846 TS and the Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office, or SDPE, of the Air Force Research Laboratory, which aims to automate the task of identifying and tracking both planned and unplanned debris from tests at the Holloman High Speed Test Track, or
July 14, 2022 746th Test Squadron develops high power jammer system for continuous tracking With the goal of improving the ability to test increasingly robust GPS systems for aerial assets, the 746th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, developed a high power jammer tracking system, or HPJ-T, to provide constant GPS jamming on a system for an extended period of time.The
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
June 2, 2022 Holloman High Speed Test Track sets record with fastest recovery mission in 30-plus years with reusable sled In late March, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., successfully stopped a reusable sled traveling at 6,400 feet per second on a monorail, making it a historic event for the team’s Hypersonic Sled Recovery, or HSR, effort.Lt. Col. Paul Dolce, Commander, 846th Test Squadron,
May 20, 2022 AEDC stands up 804th Test Group with ceremony An official ceremony was held May 20 at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, to activate the 804th Test Group as part of reorganizing AEDC to align with the traditional Air Force structure.“The activation of the 804th Test Group at Arnold Air Force Base
May 10, 2022 Redesigned birdchaser sleds at Holloman test track saves time, money The birdchaser sleds, used to mitigate bird and animal strikes during HHSTT test missions, are one of the two main methods of mitigating animal strikes. Orchard cannons and small birdchaser sleds are fired in the range of 10 to 40 seconds before the mission sleds.
May 3, 2022 Missionized tire wear testing helping tire designers fail fast to move forward High costs and long lead times can be a deterrent to innovation. The team at the Landing Gear Test Facility, or LGTF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is trying to lower those barriers for aircraft tire manufacturers.
May 3, 2022 Missionized tire wear testing helping tire designers fail fast to move forward High costs and long lead times can be a deterrent to innovation. The team at the Landing Gear Test Facility, or LGTF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is trying to lower those barriers for aircraft tire manufacturers.