National Aerospace Solutions, LLC is responsible for the test, operation, and sustainment contract at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) on Arnold Air Force Base. AEDC is the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world.
AEDC operates more than 55 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges and other specialized units located in six states. Many of the complex's test units have capabilities unmatched elsewhere in the United States; some are unique in the world. AEDC is one of three installations which are part of the Air Force Test Center (AFTC), one of six subordinate commands of the Air Force Materiel Command organization and an important national resource.
