Arnold Engineering and Development Center in Tennessee is overseeing the reactivation of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex at Moffett Field, Calif., and expects to see it reopen, after a three-year hiatus, in December. NFAC, billed as the world’s largest wind tunnel, will become an AEDC remote operating location. AEDC has employed Remote Access Technology of Rodeo, Calif., as well as a new NFAC operating workforce and former staff to reactivate the facility.
Every year, Congress and the military debate which combat assets should head to the boneyard and which have more life left in them. Lawmakers often opt to keep Air Force systems that bring jobs to their districts, which complicates matters as the service looks to modernize and ditch certain platforms.…