AFMC Command News

  • Phase II SBIR partnership leads to improved resource access

    The Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence here is using a collaborative approach to enhance access to resources for aircraft program offices, avionics engineers and budget planners across the Air Force. Through a Phase II Small Business Innovation

  • AFMC to host Digital Campaign Virtual Industry Exchange Day

    The Air Force Materiel Command will host a Digital Campaign Virtual Industry Exchange Day, July 30, to gather input and feedback from academia and industry on the newly-launched priority effort.“We need to streamline the design, development, acquisition and testing to get technology to our

  • National Museum USAF adds new GPS, DSP Satellite Exhibit

    New exhibits detailing the Air Force’s involvement in managing Global Positioning System (GPS) and using Defense Support Program satellites are now on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.Originating in the early 1960s as a military navigation and missile targeting tool, GPS is

  • Q & A with the new Wright-Patt commander

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The new commander of the 88th Air Base Wing and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base installation is a self-described reality TV “junkie,” acted as a grass-skirt-and-coconut-wearing Luther Billis in a production of “South Pacific” and isn’t one for standing

  • Hanscom team supports NASA, plays role in SpaceX launch

    When SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, May 30, a team from the Digital Directorate here was on-site to defend assets from potential aerial threats posed by unmanned aircraft.

  • Bonner assumes AEDC Test Division chief post

    When Col. Ernest Lincoln Bonner and his own family needed it most, they received an outpouring of support from his Air Force family.“Our wing, group and squadron, they picked up every mission responsibility I dropped with literally no notice,” Bonner said. “They helped us take care of our oldest

  • Arnold AFB test teams maintain mission focus through COVID-19 constraints

    Most teams at Arnold Engineering Development Complex tasked with carrying out work critical to national security, for a period of time, did not have a full complement of personnel on hand.Precautions requiring adherence, such as team members maintaining a proper distance from one another and the use

  • Arnold machinists continue work to support AEDC mission, national defense

    Test operations across Arnold Engineering Development Complex are not possible without the proper components for the test facilities.Those overseeing testing rely on craft personnel within the Complex to provide the consumable parts necessary to accommodate customers and accomplish the mission.

  • Laster’s contributions to the aerospace testing remembered

    AEDC Fellow Dr. Marion Lynn Laster will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing on June 14 at the age of 85.Throughout a career that spanned 40 years, Laster was credited with playing a significant role in the development of test facilities

  • AEDC team member named AF nominee for NDIA award

    A capability manager for Hypervelocity Flyout, Impact and Lethality Ground Test and Evaluation at AEDC, has been named an Air Force nominee for the 2019 Air Force Government Civilian Tester of the Year award from the National Defense Industrial Association.Jonathan Carroll joined the AEDC in 2014 as