Light the Lantern

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:

AFLCMC.HNJX.HanscomInnovation@us.af.mil

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Innovation & Partnership News

Ongoing Efforts

The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge:

Cohort 4 - TBD

The Banshee Program with MassChallenge:

Cohort 7 - TBD

Pitch It Process Demos:

By appointment only - 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month

 

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

 

Team Members

   

 

The Hanscom Innovation Team is made up of representatives from the following organizations:

 

PEO Digital

 

PEO Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks

 

Nuclear Command, Control and Communications

 

Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems

 

66th Air Base Group

 

The Lantern: Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center

 

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom Small Business Office

 

Hanscom Warhawk Innovation Council

 

96th Cyberspace Test Group Detachment 1