AFTC – Edwards AFB (412TW) CA Facts Sheet
Overview: Edwards Air Force Base, located 95 miles north of Los Angeles, CA, is part of the Air Force
Materiel Command (AFMC), which obligates approximately 70% of Air Force (AF) contract dollars.
Edwards AFB is one of three bases which are part of the Air Force Test Center (AFTC). The 412th Test
Wing is the host wing for Edwards AFB--the 2nd largest base in the Air Force. The wing oversees base
day-to-day operations and provides support for over 10,000 military, federal civilian and contract
personnel assigned to a 481 square mile installation.
The 412th Test Wing plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft,
weapons systems, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the Air Force. There
are three core components for this mission: flying operations, maintenance, and engineering.
Hundreds of significant aviation "firsts" have been accomplished at Edwards. This is where Capt. Chuck
Yeager and the Bell X-1 first broke the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947, and where other X-planes pushed
that record to two, three, four, five and six times the speed of sound and beyond. It is here that the X-15
probed the threshold of space and where the space shuttle first landed on its initial return from earth's
orbit.
Today, Edwards’ combined workforce is still at the cutting edge of aviation technology, developing,
testing and evaluating the newest weapon systems and aircraft to ensure reliability for America's war-
fighters. Edwards is the test-bed for today's premiere aerospace technology programs including the Global
Hawk, Hypersonic flight, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Mission of AFTC: Headquartered at Edwards AFB, CA, AFTC leads the test and evaluation mission,
conducting developmental test and evaluation of air, space, and cyber systems to provide timely,
objective, and accurate information to decision makers. Organizations include: 96th Test Wing, Eglin
AFB, FL; 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA; and Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Arnold
AFB, TN.
Associates at Edwards AFB: Associates include, but are not limited to, the Air Force Research
Laboratory, Det 1, Studies and Analysis Squadron, Det 11, AF Office of Special Investigation, NASA,
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, VX-0, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine.
FY15 Requirements – See the detailed Top 25 NAICS/PSC table on the next 2 pages
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES
(EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURING
TELEPHONE APPARATUS MANUFACTURING
COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING FOR MEASURING AND TESTING ELECTRICITY AND
ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
Current as of: Jun 16 POC: AFTC/SB, DSN: 527-3640
