Ribbon-cutting marks first milestone for new mission-critical capability at AEDC's large military engine
From left to right, Dr. Saeed Zadeh, AEDC Test Systems Sustainment Division’s chief of acquisitions; Kirk Rutland, technical director of the Test Systems Sustainment Division at AEDC; Britt Covington, AEDC executive director; Rosemary Matty, AEDC’s program manager for the Advanced Large Military Engine Capability (ALMEC) program; Dan Flanigan, ATA project manager; Col. Patrick Tom, AEDC Test Division director; and Lt. Col. Brent Peavy, AEDC’s Turbine Engine Ground Test Complex director, take part in a ribbon-cutting event marking the completion of the ASTF C1/C2 Temperature-controlled Cell Cooling project. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 11/30/2012
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AEDC's Air Force Analysis branch supports TF34 engine test
An upgraded version of the A-10 fighter’s power plant, the TF34-GE-100, has undergone a six-month AMT in AEDC’s SL-1 test cell to evaluate and validate new components prior to production approval for the fleet upgrade. This has also included intensive data analysis performed by AEDC Air Force Analysis Branch and ATA analysis engineers. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 5/23/2012
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AEDC sets new testing record on F-22 Raptor engine
The engine is pictured undergoing AMT testing in SL-2 with the augmenter activated. (Photos by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 4/27/2012
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AEDC team conducts AMT testing on F-22 Raptor engine
Scott Slabaugh, ATA project engineer on the test, inspects the F119 in AEDC’s SL-2 after an AMT test run. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 4/27/2012
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AEDC team conducts AMT testing on F-22 Raptor engine
Dave Fischer, a Pratt & Whitney test engineer, inspects an F119 engine during a break in sea level Accelerated Mission Testing in AEDC’s SL-2 facility. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 4/27/2012
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AEDC rolling out lean concept for testing A-10 engine
The A-10 fighter’s power plant, the TF34-GE-100, will undergo a six-month AMT to evaluate and validate new components prior to production approval for the fleet upgrade (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 2/10/2012
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ATA employee working to establish international standards for turbine engine exhaust measurements
Dr. Robert Howard and his wife Martha stand in front of Stonehenge during a 2007 visit to England. Howard sometimes schedules an extra day for sightseeing when he travels overseas, but spends most of his time working. (Photo provided)
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Posted: 2/3/2012
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ATA employee working to establish international standards for turbine engine exhaust measurements
Dr. Robert Howard discusses a sampling system layout with Dr. Xu Li-Jones of the Navy Aircraft Environmental Support Office (AESO) located in San Diego, Calif. Howard and other AEDC employees traveled to the NASA Dryden facility in Palmdale, Calif., in early 2011 to take part in the Alternate Aviation Fuel Experiment (AAFEX 2). Howard has used his research to help the Society of Automotive Engineers in establishing an international standard for measuring particulate emissions from turbine engines. (Photo provided)
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Posted: 2/3/2012
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ATA employee working to establish international standards for turbine engine exhaust measurements
Dr. Robert Howard and his wife Martha stand on a bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England, in 2007. Occasionally Howard’s wife accompanies him when he travels to Europe, but Howard spends the majority of his time working with a subcommittee of the Society of Automotive Engineers to establish an international standard for measuring particulate emissions from turbine engines. (Photo provided)
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Posted: 2/3/2012
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Largest engine undergoing testing at AEDC's C2 test cell
From left, Aerospace Testing Alliance outside machinists Danny Haddon and Garry Sudberry inspect the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine between simulated altitude performance and operability test runs in AEDC’s C2 test cell. The engine is the largest power plant ever tested at AEDC. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 1/23/2012
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Another major TEDAC milestone met
Kris Hughes, TEDAC program manager; Col. Rick Petito, AEDC Maintenance Division director; Col. Steven Roemhildt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District commander; Col. Michael Brewer, AEDC commander; Michael Dorsch, Walbridge Aldinger project executive; Michael Schleider, AEDC Test Systems Division director; Cmdr. Brian Allen, AEDC Test Division deputy director; and Louis Vanacore, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) director of Projects and Design Engineering at the TEDAC Phase II kickoff Sept. 20. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 11/4/2011
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AEDC's F100 engine test underway to bring latest technology to sustain fighter
From left, Joan Clark, ATA instrument technician lead, and Paul Buckner, ATA working foreman, verify locations of instrumentation for troubleshooting discrepancies during a break in a test run of a F100 engine in AEDC’s J-1 test cell. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
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Posted: 9/23/2011
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