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May 29, 2020
Innovation during COVID-19 Operations: 771st Test Squadron brings machine learning to data analysis

The 771st has recently employed a machine learning tool nicknamed “Sasha” and is showing promise in data analysis, according to engineers at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
May 19, 2020
Edwards AFB’s Active April Demonstrates Continued Test Operations during COVID-19 Conditions

The month of April launched a new normal at Edwards Air Force Base. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, units around the base have taken steps to assure the mission continues while ensuring the health and safety of Airmen during this time of social distancing and teleworking.
May 18, 2020
AEDC hypersonic test team presses on during pandemic

Seven Hroncich, left, an instrument technician, Robert Bradford, center right, an electrician, Kevin Thompson, right, test operations engineer, Tim Mullins, an outside machinist, and others prepare for a test run in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Arcs Test Facility Control Room,
May 11, 2020
EOD clears UXO at PIRA

Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, 812th Civil Engineer Squadron, 412th Test Wing, prepare unexploded ordnance and training munitions for demolition at the Precision Impact Range Area at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 7. The 412th Test Wing uses the PIRA to conduct weapons and
May 11, 2020
Eglin lab begins COVID-19 testing

DOD beneficiary testing split between Eglin and Wright Patterson AFB.
May 1, 2020
Second vendor F-35 canopy testing completed by HHSTT team

On Friday, 27 March, testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy
April 30, 2020
Edwards expands test capabilities with T-7A Distributed Test Operations

The T-7A Test Team made history once again as they executed Distributed Test Operations (DTO) in a Mission Control Room at Ridley Mission Control Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California on April 30.
April 24, 2020
Modular mission control room upgrade improves 412th Test Wing’s capabilities

A $37 million improvement and modernization program is now underway at the 412th Test Wing’s Ridley Mission Control Center on Edwards Air Force Base, California.
April 24, 2020
Testers unite in solution to transport COVID-19 patients

The Portable Bio-Chemical Module is one of several options AF is considering to transport infectious patients.
April 23, 2020
772nd Test Squadron uses simulators to support high-priority F-35 test missions

As the Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing resumed mission-essential flight testing, the 772nd Test Squadron’s (772 TS) modeling and simulation (Sim) engineers and technicians restarted manned cockpit simulation operations to support flight test mission rehearsals at Edwards Air Force Base,

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