March 21, 2023 Joint effort underway to power rocket sleds into the future Rocket sled testing is critical to bridging the gap between the laboratory and full-scale flight tests for weapon systems under development.
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
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,
Sept. 21, 2020 Holloman HSTT rainfield undergoes improvements Missiles and other high-speed weapons systems are required to fly through a variety of weather situations. One type of weather that is an important concern for system design is rain. When testers need to understand how missile hardware will perform in the rain they often turn to the Holloman