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March 11, 2022
Melissa Tate becomes first female McKinley Climatic Laboratory site director

Melissa Tate, who has served as the lead engineer and deputy of the Propulsion Test Branch, Test Division, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, since April 2019, will take on a new role as McKinley Climatic Laboratory site director at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, beginning next month.The
Jan. 28, 2022
AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines

Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, Inc., by the U.S. Navy, a system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of engine exhaust to help find ways to reduce noise from aircraft.Bernie Williamson, Air Force project manager, explained that in November the
Dec. 20, 2021
Virtual reality capability used during sensor validation in AEDC test cell

When performing sensor validation tests in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1, or SL-1, this summer, AEDC engineers at Arnold Air Force Base had the opportunity to view in nearly real-time a three-dimensional representation of the test hardware and support systems using
Nov. 19, 2021
Intern with 586th FLTS creates tool pilots can use during flight

This summer, Jacob Moreno, a senior at the University of Texas at El Paso, spent his time as an intern with the 586th Flight Test Squadron, or FLTS.In the spirit of innovation and accelerating change, Moreno coded a program that automatically deciphers airspace data into a graphical format that
Nov. 9, 2021
AFTC Airmen spark data solutions at hackathon

Various participants, also referred to as “hackers” from the 412th Test Wing in California, the 96th Test Wing in Florida, and Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee combined efforts to create an event that could potentially solve U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School sponsored data
Oct. 26, 2021
Arnold Diversity and Inclusion initiatives now in motion

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, issued diversity and inclusion, or D&I, guidance last fall, and shortly followed it with the 2020 AFMC D&I Survey.The survey led each site or installation to establish a D&I Command Action Plan, or CAP, and all CAPs were due to AFMC
Oct. 25, 2021
Holloman High Speed Test Track completes two recovery missions at over 5,000-feet per second

Since July 2021, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., successfully stopped two sleds traveling over 5,000-feet per second on a monorail as part of the Hypersonic Sled Recovery, or HSR, effort.According to Daniel Lopez, project manager for the test that was completed in July, the
Oct. 21, 2021
AFTC Commander learns more about the AEDC mission

This month, Maj. Gen. Evan Dertien made his first visit to Arnold Air Force Base since taking on his latest role as the commander of the Air Force Test Center.During his two-day stop, Dertien had the opportunity to see many of the test facilities on base and speak with experts in each of the mission
Oct. 7, 2021
Vendors use AEDC sea level facility to perform validation of sensors on turbofan engine

The same nine vendors who visited Arnold Air Force Base as part of the Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group, or PIWG, meetings last fall recently returned.This time, instead of simply viewing an engine installed in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1 and making plans
Aug. 27, 2021
AFTC prepares for next-gen radar cross section testing

The ever-improving technology of the U.S. military requires the test and evaluation capabilities of the Air Force Test Center organizations to keep pace to prove the superiority of the systems and give confidence to the warfighters using them.At the National Radar Cross Section (RCS) Test Facility

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