• Autonomous aircraft testing arrives

    The 40th Flight Test Squadron took possession of the first of two government-owned Kratos XQ‑58A Valkyrie, a low-cost, high-performance uncrewed air vehicle.

  • Technicians replacing computers base wide

    All HP 705 G3 desktop and HP 640 G3 laptop computers at Arnold Air Force Base are being upgraded with newer models that have more memory, speed and solid-state drives.According to Randy Wroten, a contracting officer at Arnold, as computer quantities allow, the next level of computers will be

  • Wind tunnel witch creates spooktacular Schlieren

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex Fellow and Volunteer Emeritus Dr. Bill Baker helped conjure a bewitching supersonic Schlieren of a model resembling a certain Halloween staple.In 1962, while a student at Mississippi State University, Baker made an aluminum model of a broomstick-riding witch in

  • AFTC gains new test capability

    As weapon system designers continue to innovate for the defense of the nation, the men and women of the Air Force Test Center must advance the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems needed to meet the demands of the National Defense Strategy.Members of the

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