Future Aerospace Ground Test Facility Requirements for the Arnold Engineering Development Center (1992) / Chapter Skim
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at the request of the United States Air Force (USAF) Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC)
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Its principal missions are to test and evaluate aircraft, missile and space systems and subsystems at simulated flight conditions; to conduct in-house technology programs that develop advanced test techniques along with the necessary instrumentation; and to acquire, maintain, and modernize the appropriate test facilities. AEDC is comprised of some 53 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges, and other specialized units.
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The Engine Test Facility. This facility includes the 1 1 turbine engine and rocket motor test cells devoted to testing liquid- and solid-fueled propulsion systems for advanced aircraft, missile, satellite, and space launch vehicles.
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In addition, full-spectrum test support includes formulating and implementing test plans; acquiring, processing, and analyzing test data and reporting test results; as well as building, repairing, and maintaining test hardware in AEDC's manufacturing facilities. Laboratory services include a chemical laboratory to analyze fuels, gases, and other materials; a metallurgical laboratory to verify the structural integrity of critical test hardware and facility components; a photography laboratory with comprehensive still and motion picture capabilities, including high-speed photography at framing rates as fast as one million frames per second; and a precision measurement equipment laboratory to calibrate and repair instruments used to control and measure test conditions and to acquire data.
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As AEDC contemplates the development of a master plan for ground test and computational facilities over the next 20 to 30 years, many factors must be folded into a strategy that can still meet the basic objectives of a premier development center: · a general recognition that budgets are very tight and will not be significantly eased in the foreseeable future; · the necessity to identify the existing facilities that can contribute significantly to future developments so they can be properly improved and maintained, efficiently operated, and broadly utilized; · the need to be selective in the addition of new test facilities by developing comprehensive, gated roadmaps* to ensure that the proper role of any new facility as a tool for aerospace system development is well understood before significant outlays are committed for design and construction; and · the need for the key testing technology and facility research required to implement the roadmap strategy and provide the basis for major developmental facility procurement.
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The committee believes AEDC should make detailed cost estimates of the various facility options and improvements under consideration as part of the planning activities that have been recommended. This will represent an important input to the I~ong-Range Planning Team and provide Air Force management with Information necessary to make implementation decisions.
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