Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) is a defunct
aerospace engineering
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company in the
United States of America
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. It was the prime contractor of the
US Air Force
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's
Arnold Engineering Development Center
The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), Arnold Engineering Development Center before July 2012, is an Air Force Materiel Command facility under the control of the Air Force Test Center (AFTC). Headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, ...
(AEDC), in
Tullahoma, Tennessee from 2003 until 2016.
Launched in 2003, ATA was a joint operation of
Jacobs Sverdrup,
General Physics,
Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services. On April 3, 2017, it merged with the Enterprise Services line of business of HP Ente ...
(CSC),
DynCorp
DynCorp (), formally DynCorp International, was an American private military contractor. Started as an aviation company, the company also provided flight operations support, training and mentoring, international development, intelligence training ...
. ATA was contracted at $2.7 Billion for a 12-year period.
The Center is now operated b
National Aerospace Solutions
External links
company siteUS Air Force's AEDC Fact sheet regarding ATAJacobs-Sverdrup ATA announcementCSC ATA announcement
Aerospace companies of the United States
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