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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)