Edwards AFB News

  • Autonomous vehicles coming to PIRA

    Self-driving vehicles may not be commonplace on city streets yet, but they are headed to the Precision Impact Range Area on Edwards Air Force Base, California. Autonomous Solutions Inc. conducted a site survey to gather information needed to provide their autonomous services to the PIRA, April

  • AV Board of Trade celebrates innovation at annual Outlook Conference

    Leaders, businessmen and politicians from around the Antelope Valley met for the 42nd annual Antelope Valley Board of Trade Business Outlook Conference at the Mojave Air and Space Port Feb. 21. The conference was held in the Stuart O. Witt Event Center. The venue was selected to suit the theme for

  • AV children learn life lessons from Team Edwards mentors

    Twelve-year old Khiabet says her grades are improving and that's good.Even better is understanding that improvement may be a byproduct of a new set of life skills she's acquiring, in part through her mentor, Dr. Ingrid Wysong, chief scientist at the Aerophysics Branch of the Space and Missile

  • AV teachers learn how to 'rock it' at TPS

    The Air Force Association William J. "Pete" Knight Chapter introduced Antelope Valley educators to using model rocketry in the classroom Sept. 26. Teachers of grades six through 12 gathered at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School for the inaugural "Blast off Basics" workshop."The purpose [of the

  • AVEK performs 24-hour water shutdown beginning Aug. 2

    The Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency will perform a 24-hour shutdown to the water line that serves Edwards, California City, North Edwards and Boron beginning Aug 2 at 6 a.m. This is part of AVEK's emergency maintenance.During this time, ground water wells will be the only source of water. In

  • Aviation enthusiasts turn dreams of flight into reality

    For those with dreams of flying at Edwards, the path is often difficult and demanding, even for the best test pilot. With the help of aviation enthusiasts from the Muroc Model Masters club those dreams become reality through the use of remote controlled airplanes.Although the flying is accomplished

  • Aviation history loses legend

    Former U.S. Air Force and NASA research pilot Fitzhugh L. Fulton Jr., died Feb. 4. He was 89.During a career in the military, civil service and industry, he logged over 16,000 flying hours in more than 240 types of aircraft.Fulton was born and raised in Georgia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air

  • Avionics Modernization Program receives Program Excellence Award

    The Boeing Company C-130 Avionics Modernization Program received Aviation Week magazine's Program Excellence Award in the category of System Level Research and Development/System Development and Demonstration at the Aviation Week Aerospace and Defense Programs conference in Phoenix on Nov. 3.The

  • Avoid relocation frustrations: consult TMO first

    Summer's arrival also heralds peak moving season for military families. Permanent changes of station (PCS) can be logistically daunting, but the 412th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Traffic Management Operations (TMO) stands ready to assist service members and civilians with household goods