AEDC’s Highway commuters alerted to traffic precautions

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ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. – Commuters are instructed to be cautious of unexploded ordinance (UXO) investigative field work being conducted beginning Feb. 7 and continuing for approximately three weeks along AEDC’s Wattendorf Highway.

Report an annual reminder of AEDC’s impact to the mid-state economy

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aedc public affairs ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Arnold Engineering Development Center’s (AEDC) economic impact – which includes AEDC and its remote operating locations – the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 at White Oak in Silver Spring, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. – was $642.9 million for fiscal 2012.

Report governement fraud, waste online

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press release It will soon be possible to report suspected cases of fraud, waste and abuse of public funds in Tennessee over the Internet. Beginning today, you may electronically alert the state Comptroller’s office about suspected government misuse of public funds by visiting: www.comptroller.tn.gov/shared/safwa.asp.

AEDC team celebrates 25th anniversary of World’s largest wind tunnels

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from ata Twenty five years ago on Dec. 11, 1987, construction of the 80-foot by 120-foot test section addition to the existing 40-foot by 80-foot  wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in Moffett Field, Calif., was completed.

AEDC employee promotes AEDC in the community

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rom aedc It’s no surprise that Greg Sandlin, an Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) engineer, former Tullahoma alderman and Tullahoma Rotary Club member, readily promotes Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in his community of Tullahoma.

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philip lorenz, iii aedc public affairs ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – When Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) engineers conduct mission-critical flight simulation testing on leading-edge aerospace systems, including aircraft, rocket motors, spacecraft and missiles, they rely heavily on what the Complex’s Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) provides.

WINDOWS 8: New OS designed to add better search, social functions

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tsi staff news@tsinews.com Microsoft has released its first new operating system in more than five years. The jury is still out on Windows 8. But developers say they hope to ad speed and flexibility – including mobile app access – into the world’s most popular operating system software. Here’s what we found about Windows 8: 1. [...]

Test helps find feasibility of lasers for the warfighter

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patrick ary aedc public affairs ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. – Successful testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) is giving the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) valuable data that will help determine the feasibility of high energy lasers for the warfighter. AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/RDLE) out of Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is [...]

TEMA app allows Tennesseans plan, prep for the worst

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press release, newsleader 6 Tennesseans can download a new app for their Iphones and Ipads called Readytn, a preparedness program developed by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. The app is available through the App Store or the Itunes store. The agency says more than 15,000 users have downloaded the Android version of the app, which [...]

NASA rover finds old streambed on Martian surface

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guy webster, d.c. agle, jet propulsion laboratory guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars, but this evidence – images of rocks containing ancient [...]