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  • GPS technology helps Hanscom improve air traffic management

    As the 20th anniversary of Global Positioning System, or GPS, technology is this month, the Aerospace Management Systems Division here explains how the technology enables their work enhancing performance and safety of air traffic management."The biggest improvement that GPS technology brought to air

  • First installation complete on third largest AFWET upgrade

    A key system that helps ensure the global free flow of information throughout all military branches and other government agencies is undergoing a major overhaul.Led by a team at Hanscom AFB, the AFWET system is receiving its third largest upgrade to date, known as the Modernization of Enterprise

  • Hanscom lab enables connections

    Operators of a lab here that helps connect and disseminate command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C4ISR, elements are collaborating with multiple parties and producing benefits for all.The Tactical Data Networks, or TDN, Lab is located with the

  • COBRA DANE team moves forward with radar's sustainment plan

    The Battle Management program executive officer at Hanscom AFB recently approved a strategy for the sustainment of one of the largest radars in the Air Force's arsenal.The COBRA DANE radar located on Shemya Island, Alaska, stands 120 feet tall, has a 95-foot diameter, detects objects 2,000 miles

  • Program Management --"an Art, not a Science," says AFMC commander

    Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, the Air Force Materiel Command commander, was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Acquisition Insight Focus Days at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall June 24.Organized by the Defense Acquisition University and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the event

  • AFLCMC Focus Week registration opens July 6

    Registration will open July 6 for the upcoming summer Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Focus Week offerings. Courses will take place July 20 through 24.As in the past, according to organizers, this quarter will once again include numerous functional training opportunities along with various

  • Hanscom Airman lauded for small business efforts

    For the first time since 2006, the Air Force exceeded its small business goals, ushering in the highest performance rating in the Service's history. Directly tied to this accomplishment are a handful of outstanding performers and teams who have made a significant contribution to the Air Force's

  • BITI awards contracts, upgrades Air Force cyber infrastructure

    A Hanscom program office known as BITI - short for Base Information Transport Infrastructure - recently awarded four contracts geared at recapitalizing or replacing critical network components.BITI is responsible for upgrading the Air Force's cyber infrastructure and provides both hard-wired and

  • AFA to host local-area Cyber Workshop in September

    Key Air Force, industry and academic leaders will converge at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell on Sept. 22 and 23, when the Air Force Association's Paul Revere Chapter holds its Cyber Workshop 2015, the first of a series of planned annual cyber events.The workshop will feature a series of

  • Opportunity to learn how geospatial intelligence affects Hanscom programs

    Hanscom's Geospatial Intelligence, or GEOINT, team will be hosting a Technical Exchange Meeting June 17 at the Conference Center to discuss initiatives and new technologies in the area, along with how the team here can assist Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program offices.As the National