AFMC Command News

  • Internships offer real-world experience at engineering complex

    Engineering students from colleges and universities across the United States spent the summer completing internships with Arnold Engineering Development Complex.Recently, there have been two opportunities available to college students wanting to intern with AEDC. The Department of Defense at Arnold

  • AFRL achieves record-setting hypersonic ground test milestone

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Test Center ground test team set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in Air Force history.“AFRL, in conjunction with Arnold Engineering Development Complex and Northrop

  • New AEDC Flight Systems director aims to support, grow his team

    The Arnold Engineering and Development Complex Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base has a new face at the helm.Lt. Col. John McShane took on the director role June 28, and while new to the job and the area, he is full-speed ahead in conducting business as usual.“My goals are, first off, to

  • Testing workload expected to reach historic high

    The demand for testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex is expected to reach historic levels in many facilities during 2019 and continue into the foreseeable future.Increases are projected in areas of testing that include hypersonics, turbines, arc heaters, wind tunnels, rockets and the

  • Free-jet engine test at AEDC facility sets record

    Transonic speeds with large volumetric flow rates were recently achieved during free-jet testing of a high-bypass engine in the AEDC C-2 test cell at Arnold Air Force Base, setting a record for free-jet mode engine testing at Arnold.According to Doug Hodges, test engineer with the Propulsion

  • AEDC T-11 engine test cell modified to expand its capabilities

    The AEDC T-11 engine test cell at Arnold Air Force Base has been enhanced to perform a wide variety of research tests in addition to its primary role of testing small engines in a direct-connect configuration.The Air Force Project Manager for upcoming technology tests in T-11, Joshua Osborne,

  • AEDC teams assist in preparing the Dream Chaser for its future missions

    The Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane recently had a successful free-flight test over the Mojave Desert in California, later making its landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.The Hypersonic Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB is managed by AEDC, which is headquartered at

  • Cain takes command of AEDC

    Col. Scott A. Cain assumed command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex as the 30th commander during a change of command ceremony July 14, 2017.The ceremony was attended by the commander’s guests, local dignitaries and AEDC personnel inside the AEDC Large Rocket Motor Test Facility, J-6,

  • Lagier becomes director of 704th Test Support Squadron

    Col. Andrew Allen, commander of the 704th Test Group, appoints the command responsibility of the 704th Test Support Squadron to Eric Lagier during a change of responsibility ceremony Dec. 19, 2016, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The 704 TG is an Arnold Engineering Development Complex

  • AF approves request to realign separate Test Center assets under Arnold AFB

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force has approved an Organizational Change Request to realign selected Air Force Test Center operations and facilities from several separate locations under one commander at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Tennessee. This change consolidates the

  • Guimond’s expertise recognized with DOD computing award

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex scientist and engineer Stephen Guimond recently received the 2016 Hero Award for Up and Coming within the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program, or HPCMP.The award recognizes outstanding individuals who conduct and support