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  • ESC deployable air traffic control system program back on track

    An Electronic Systems Center program to provide a new deployable air traffic control system is moving forward again after budgetary challenges.The Deployable Radar Approach Control, or D-RAPCON, will provide worldwide expeditionary approach and en route surveillance for joint, coalition and civil

  • Hanscom participates in Federal Green Challenge

    Last October, the Environmental Protection Agency and General Services Administration began its 2012 Federal Green Challenge for agencies in the federal government. Hanscom decided to participate in the challenge in two target areas: waste and energy. The voluntary campaign is a national initiative

  • Hanscom Fire Department named best small department in AFMC

    The Hanscom Fire Department has been selected as the Air Force Materiel Command's Small Fire Department of the Year for 2011.The department will now compete in the same category among the major commands at the Air Force level. The winners at that competition will compete for honors across all levels

  • Hanscom lieutenant is Spirit of Hope Award nominee

    One of Hanscom's very own has been nominated for the Spirit of Hope Award.First Lt. Mitchell Johnson, Fixed Base Weather Observation System deputy program manager, is nominated for the award that is named in honor of the late entertainer, Bob Hope, and is presented for outstanding service to the

  • ESC helping to achieve successful transition

    Detailed planning for Air Force Materiel Command's five-center transition is well under way, with some 50 people from across the Electronic Systems Center working hard to ensure the transition to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will be a success."Lots of planning and hard work has already

  • Cookies, coffee delivered to troops

    Rain wasn't the only thing that poured into Hanscom on Saturday morning. Approximately 1,000 Girl Scouts, troop leaders and parents filed through the gates to donate more than 30,000 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies during the fifth annual Operation Cookie Drop March 3. Nearly 50 volunteers from Hanscom

  • Fitness center offers workouts on demand

    The Fitness and Sports Center recently received a new addition to its wide variety of fitness services and programs, an interactive Fitness on Request kiosk. The interactive kiosk comes with a high definition projector and a 135-inch wide screen that gives users the chance to work out when and how

  • Start planning for summer moves now

    With the busy summer moving season soon arriving, JPPSO-Northeast, Det. 2 would like to pass on some key moving tips to the community.The Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) is a new Department of Defense program designed to improve quality of life for servicemembers, civilian employees and