May 27, 2022 AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 reaches 5,000 run mark The list of milestones and achievements at Arnold Engineering Development Complex Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 recently grew a bit longer.On April 11, the team at the White Oak, Maryland facility celebrated the successful completion of 5,000 test runs by Tunnel 9 personnel.”It’s always exciting when
May 24, 2022 AEDC Spark Tank: Program helps schedulers constrain resource conflicts The Scenario Optimizer for AEDC Resources, or SOAR, is a desktop software application that will allow rapid-fire “what if” comparisons of different test schedules based on test user requirements.
April 28, 2022 586th FLTS helps showcase data link improvement The 586th Flight Test Squadron was involved last year in the testing and showcasing of the new Heimdall enhanced capability for legacy tactical data links.The 586 FLTS is part of the 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The 704 TG is a unit of AEDC, headquartered at Arnold Air Force
April 21, 2022 NASA recognizes NFAC team for overcoming challenges, delivering quality results It has been said that nothing worth doing is ever easy.And things weren’t easy for the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Facility test team assigned to the Aerodynamic and Acoustic Rotoprop Test, or AART. The group was tasked with completing the first-ever urban air mobility rotor acoustic test
April 21, 2022 NASA recognizes NFAC team for overcoming challenges, delivering quality results It has been said that nothing worth doing is ever easy.And things weren’t easy for the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Facility test team assigned to the Aerodynamic and Acoustic Rotoprop Test, or AART. The group was tasked with completing the first-ever urban air mobility rotor acoustic test
April 1, 2022 AEDC supporting Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program across the complex As the complex continues to support the Minuteman III program with aging and surveillance testing of stage II and III motors, Team AEDC has begun providing test and evaluation support for the next-generation nuclear deterrent, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.
March 30, 2022 AEDC Spark Tank awards funding to multiple proposals The ideas have been submitted, the pitches presented and the selections made.Now begins the implementation process for those across Arnold Engineering Development Complex recently awarded funding for their innovative ideas through the AEDC Spark Tank.After poring over the submitted suggestions on
March 16, 2022 AEDC announces FARM II contract companies Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization II, or FARM II, is a five-year, $300 million firm-fixed-price contract that provides for mechanical; electrical; instrumentation, data and control; and/or design-build projects. These projects include infrastructure sustainment, restoration
Feb. 25, 2022 Standard models provide beneficial data prior to customer tests in AEDC wind tunnels To validate the latest capabilities of the wind tunnels, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members in the Aerodynamics Test Branch conducted testing last year on standard models in 16T and 16S, 16-foot transonic and supersonic wind tunnels, and Tunnels B and C, 50-inch hypersonic wind
Feb. 8, 2022 AFMC commander hosts virtual town hall from Arnold AFB Coronavirus safeguards, efforts to bolster diversity across the Air Force Materiel Command and telework were among the topics broached by AFMC Commander Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. during a Jan. 27 virtual town hall broadcast from Arnold Air Force Base.The hour-long town hall, streamed via Microsoft