Hanscom Innovation Team

Welcome to the Hanscom Innovation Team page. The Innovation Team helps propel organizational culture shifts within the Hanscom acquisition community and works to expand the innovation footprint throughout the installation. Hanscom is located near numerous higher education, industry and nonprofit organizations, and the Innovation Team actively pursues mutually beneficial partnerships with these groups. With the support of various partners, Hanscom has accomplished a great deal in the areas of small business outreach, small business innovation research, workforce development, infrastructure and energy efficiency projects. The Hanscom Innovation Team is focused on sustaining these partnerships and helping to develop new ones.

Innovation Team Mission: Cultivate a community of revolutionary innovators to solve any challenge. 

Connect with the team

Interested in connecting with the Hanscom Innovation Team for demo opportunities or to identify potential end users for your tech? Please fill out and submit a company/organization engagement form.

Contact the team:

Hanscom.Innovation@us.af.mil

 

 

           

 

Innovation & Partnership News

  • Proven accelerator program welcomes second cohort

    With a tested model in place, organizers of The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge program, a two-year pilot project designed to increase non-traditional participation in Small Business Innovative Research program opportunities, announced its second cohort March 30.Atomic-6, BoatBox Technologies,

  • Panel of experts talk future of defense

    The Middlesex 3 Coalition, a non-profit organization focused on economic and workforce development, hosted a virtual Future of Defense roundtable with U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton via Zoom Feb. 10. Moulton kicked off the discussion with a brief overview of the report produced by the Future of Defense Task

  • Cyber fellowship sparks innovative ideas

    Personnel from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Digital Directorate and Detachment 12’s Kessel Run are using their recent AFVentures Cyber Fellowship experiences to promote innovation and accelerate change within their programs. Kevin Kelly, technical director for PEO Digital, Capt. Lillian

Ongoing Efforts


 

Hanscom Air Force Base and MassChallenge Partnership:

Air Force Lab Program - Cohort 6 - TBD

Banshee Innovation Training Program - Cohort 9 - TBD

 

 

Pitch It Process Demos:

Scheduled by appointment only, following engagement form submission and review. 

 

Tech Focus Areas

The Hanscom Innovation Team is looking to connect with potential partners in the following areas:

 

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

 

Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality

 

Autonomous Vehicles

 

Big Data Analytics

 

Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

 

Cyber Resiliency/Security

 

DevSecOps

 

Digital Engineering

 

Digital Twins

 

Edge Computing

 

Sensors

 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 

 

Software Defined Networking

 

Mesh Networking

 

Multi-function Apertures

 

Open Architecture Radios

 

Machine-to-Machine Processing