Edwards AFB News

  • Innovation for dummies pays off for parachute testing

    Two teams collaborated for the first-ever test of a remotely piloted parachute system on the range at Edwards Air Force Base May 23.The 412th Operations Support Squadron Airdrop Research and Development Parachute Test Team and the XCITE innovation team worked together to develop a low-cost,

  • Innovation success: Reusable containers save thousands

    At the Joshua Tree Dining Facility, Styrofoam containers have been the container of choice for grabbing a meal on the go.Recently, the cost for these containers was set to increase from $8,000 per month to $24,000 per month as a result of an increase in price and usage. In the long run, these costs

  • Innovation, automation takes strain off finance customers

    Many Team Edwards members are familiar with long waits at Finance Customer Service, but some creative and innovative thinking may have put an end to all that.A junior officer here developed a new Sharepoint-based Financial Services tool to simplify the customer request process, and to reduce time

  • Innovation, being ‘agile, ready, right,' key to success in FY 2018

    Being “agile, ready and right” is the key to success for the Air Force’s premier test center according to Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, who held his latest commander’s call Aug. 23. Two sessions were held at the base theater to update the Edwards workforce on dozens of topics

  • Innovation: F-35 maintenance virtual reality/augmented reality initiative

    Leveraging new technologies is what innovation is all about. Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Neilson had a creative idea to establish an interactive virtual/augmented reality capability at the F-35 Integrated Test Force to conduct maintenance-related training.  Virtual reality training would enable operators to

  • Innovation: Global Hawk testers raise their hand

    At the Edwards AFB commander’s call Nov. 1, Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert stated that “Innovation is an Airmen, at any level, raising their hand to say, ‘I’ve got a better way to do business.’” The 452nd Flight Test Squadron is currently in the process of challenging the way the base performs flight

  • Innovative customized tools for BAF customers

    Each test customer at the Benefield Anechoic Facility is unique, bringing in one-of-a-kind new challenges. Customer-driven test designs require our BAF engineers to embrace innovation to solve complex engineering problems. Engineers at the BAF are building customized tools to deliver data quickly