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  • Hanscom looks to improve flexibility for command and control

    Hanscom AFB will be putting out a request for proposal this month that is the final piece of a program for a net-centric command and control air operations suite to provide more flexibility in delivering C2 applications and information services.The Command and Control Air Operations Suite-C2

  • Engineering professionals honored

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Annual Engineering Awards Ceremony took place Feb. 16 via video teleconference from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to multiple operating locations, including Hanscom.The Director of Engineering for LCMC, Jorge Gonzalez, opened the ceremony by highlighting all

  • BACN hits 100,000 hours of ensuring connectivity for warfighters

    A program managed here to ensure warfighters can stay connected despite differing networks and austere environments recently reached a significant milestone and is also on a path to keep moving forward.The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, more commonly known as the BACN program, reached

  • New contract vehicle opens doors for Battle Management programs

    Battle Management programs are now able to take an expedited approach to acquisition by tapping into a select pool of small and large businesses courtesy of a new contract vehicle called PEITSS.Wednesday, the Air Force awarded a $538 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity PEITSS (short for

  • New Horizons slated for March 1 and 2

    This year's New Horizons Symposium will take place March 1 and 2 at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Massachusetts.Sponsored by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, the event allows for interaction between government, industry and academia.This

  • Recapitalizing JSTARS: the radar

    For more than two decades, the Air Force's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System has provided valuable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to commanders by detecting, locating and tracking enemy ground forces from afar.Identified as the Service's fourth largest acquisition

  • First cyberspace weapon system attains full operational capability status

    A major milestone was achieved on Jan. 7 when the Air Force Intranet Control Weapon System became the first cyberspace weapon system to reach FOC status.Achieving FOC means the AFINC weapon system is fully capable to serve as the top-level defensive boundary and entry point for all network traffic

  • Recapitalizing JSTARS: the airframe

    Of all the components going into the new JSTARS weapon system, the most noticeable -- at least at a glance -- is the airframe.For the past two years, a specialized team at Hanscom AFB has been hard at work researching and learning about the various aircraft in today's marketplace -- all in an effort