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. 

Innovation & Partnership News

  • Kessel Run’s C2IMERA is connection, integration, and operations

    Air Mobility Command has designated a Kessel Run application as the standard for developing a common operating picture for their installations.Air Mobility Command published “concept of employment” directives that standardizes the operational use of Kessel Run’s Command and Control Incident

  • NSIN partnership leads to breakthroughs for Hanscom AFB challenges

    Team Hanscom personnel pitched tangible solutions to help track and improve installation readiness during a National Security Innovation Network Bootcamp outbrief at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute’s Northstar Campus in Lincoln, Massachusetts, Aug. 11.

  • AFMC Spark Tank open through Aug. 27

    Air Force Materiel Command uniformed and civilian Airmen and Guardians are invited to submit their game-changing ideas now to compete in the AFMC Spark Tank: Integrated Capabilities Challenge, with the submission window open through Aug. 27.

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