Team members with National Aerospace Solutions, LLC, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Operations and Sustainment contractor, received awards Nov. 5 during the Salute to Excellence Annual Awards Banquet at Arnold Lakeside Center. [Read more…] about National Aerospace Solutions leadership celebrates 2019 Salute to Excellence annual award winners
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NAS Donates to Local First Responders
ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – National Aerospace Solutions said “thank you” recently to local organizations for their assistance with this summer’s NAS Family Picnic.
During the picnic, employees and their families and friends traded donations for a chance to dunk members of the NAS leadership team. Proceeds from the dunk tank were matched by NAS and donated to Coffee County Emergency Medical Services and the Tullahoma Fire Department. [Read more…] about NAS Donates to Local First Responders
Replacing decades-old exhauster motors expected to increase reliability, availability for testing base wide
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Exhauster motors near the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base are being replaced after being in service since at least 1958.
The motors, referred to as the A and B exhauster motors, have been used to exhaust up to a combined total of 1,100 pounds of air per second during testing. [Read more…] about Replacing decades-old exhauster motors expected to increase reliability, availability for testing base wide
Craftsmen keep largest wind tunnels in the world running at peak conditions
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – They are considered indispensable.
Those at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, who observe their contributions every day agree the craftsmen employed there are not only integral to the work at NFAC but play a vital role the Arnold Engineering Development Complex mission as a whole.
“They are essential,” said NFAC Branch Manager Jeff Johnson. “We couldn’t perform this mission without them.” [Read more…] about Craftsmen keep largest wind tunnels in the world running at peak conditions
Team members’ innovative methods advance test operations for AEDC hypersonic propulsion facility
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Improvements by team members of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Aerodynamics and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) at Arnold Air Force Base have prevented unscheduled downtime and avoided equipment damage at the facility.
Adam Webb, an electrical engineer for the Test Operations and Sustainment (TOS) contractor, National Aerospace Solutions, improved upon software for the rectifiers by enabling it to detect an unsafe condition and restore the rectifier to normal operations, preventing damage to expensive equipment. A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current to direct current. [Read more…] about Team members’ innovative methods advance test operations for AEDC hypersonic propulsion facility