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ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – When those conducting Air Force-sponsored basic science research in hypersonic aerodynamics needed some advice, they relied upon the expertise of engineers and technicians at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland.

Earlier this year, personnel from Tunnel 9 provided instrumentation installation training to members of the research team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) in Laurel, Maryland, working on the BOLT flight experiment. [Read more…] about Tunnel 9 personnel provides guidance for hypersonic experiment

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Ensuring resources such as utilities, facilities and personnel are available to accommodate high-priority test and maintenance projects is essential to the success of the AEDC mission.

In an effort to reduce work impacts and delays due to resource unavailability and conflicts in testing schedules, a new single master schedule was developed by National Aerospace Solutions. It will improve near- and long-term planning, decision making, efficiency and effectiveness. [Read more…] about New scheduling system streamlines test and maintenance planning

ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. – Engineering students from colleges and universities across the United States spent the summer completing internships with National Aerospace Solutions, LLC (NAS) at Arnold Air Force Base, the headquarters for Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC).

With 25 students, this is the largest group of summer interns NAS has had since starting its internship program in 2017. [Read more…] about College Students From Across The Nation Spend The Summer With NAS

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Contained within much of the work that goes on at Arnold Air Force Base are inherent risks.

“If you think about it, we test rocket motors, jet engines, aircraft, satellite systems, and to do that we have to generate temperatures higher than the surface of the sun and colder than the cold side of the moon,” said Walt Bishop, deputy director of mission execution for National Aerospace Solutions, the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor at Arnold AFB. “We work with rocket propellants, exotic fuels, high pressures, low pressures. We deal with extremely high speeds much faster than a bullet.” [Read more…] about NAS leadership spreading safety culture message

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – Dick Nugent is a recipient of what is regarded as one of the highest honors among those in the safety profession.
Nugent, the Safety, Health and Environment Manager for National Aerospace Solutions, the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor at Arnold Air Force Base, was recently named an American Society of Safety Professionals Fellow.

“To say I was humbled and honored is an understatement,” Nugent said. “The people who have been awarded this before me, they are who I consider the pioneers on which everything we do today is built upon. They are it. It’s awe-inspiring to be in that company.” [Read more…] about NAS SHE Manager Dick Nugent earns prestigious safety honor