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  • Next LCMC Focus Week begins July 25

    The next Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Focus Week is scheduled for July 25 to 29. As with previous focus weeks, offerings include both functional and general training.Courses are available locally and via distance learning through Defense Collaboration Services, or DCS. Focus Week

  • Center of Excellence supports acquisition professionals

    Buying new "stuff" for the Air Force isn't simple -- there are many rules and regulations in place to ensure the right company is selected for the job and that the selection process is fair and balanced.When a program office or directorate within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center decides to

  • Best ideas invited in first AFLCMC Innovation Challenge

    Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, is behind a competition that may yield ideas large and small, resulting in changes to the ways the multi-site center works -- for the better.Between now and July 16, all active-duty military members and civilians throughout

  • Conference highlights challenges facing acquisition workforce

    Acquisition leaders and professionals from across the country gathered on the campus of the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall here June 14-15 to discuss important issues facing the acquisition community during the 2016 Acquisition Insight Days.The symposium offered the rare opportunity

  • Education Partnership Agreement provides collaboration opportunities

    A recently signed Education Partnership Agreement between Hanscom and the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University grants new research and educational collaboration opportunities for the Air Force Life Cycle Management programs here.The three-year

  • New PEO for C3I&N shares priorities, highlights workforce importance

    The new PEO for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks, or C3I&N, Maj. Gen. Dwyer L. Dennis, recently shared some areas he'll be looking to focus on as he takes on this role.Cyber vulnerabilities and resiliency are areas he wants to draw more attention to. He previously had been

  • Fund seeks innovative solutions

    A team in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is searching far and wide for innovative, cost-effective solutions to critical national technology concerns.The Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) program selects promising new technologies that can be quickly inserted into military systems, space

  • AF releases Air Superiority 2030 Flight Plan

    The Air Force released a flight plan directing development activity as a result of a yearlong study focused on developing capability options to ensure joint force air superiority in 2030 and beyond.According to the unclassified version of the Air Superiority 2030 Flight Plan, released May 26, the

  • Flying with DRAGON improves capabilities

    A recent successful test flight of an upgraded Flight Management System Suite for the Air Force's Airborne Warning and Control System provides the warfighter with enhanced battle management capabilities. AWACS aircraft provides an integrated command and control battle management, surveillance,