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  • Continuous improvement central to Better Buying Power 3.0

    The undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics released a draft of the third iteration of the Pentagon's Better Buying Power initiative Sept. 19, noting that it emphasizes innovation and technical excellence while remaining focused on continual improvement.The final version

  • TACP-M ties it all together

    Embedded deep within an Army maneuver unit lies an Airman. Charged with orchestrating critical close-air support, oftentimes it's the effort of this combat maestro that means the difference between life and death on the battlefield - he is known as a tactical air control party or TACP for

  • Top Airman discusses Air Force future

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III spoke about the importance of embracing change and creating an adaptive Air Force at the 2014 Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, Sept. 16."We need to be bold - we need to be a little fearless right now," he

  • DRAGON 'fires up' for flight

    The U.S. Air Force and NATO are undergoing a cooperative development effort - known as the DRAGON program -- to upgrade the cockpits of their E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. DRAGON stands for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and

  • Counter-IED Branch receives top AFA award

    A team of Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Branch members from Hanscom will take center stage and receive one of the Air Force Association's top honors during the 2014 Air and Space Conference Award Ceremony in National Harbor, Md., Sept 15.The 12-member C-IED program office, a unit within the

  • Hanscom PEOs lauded for small business practices

    Two Hanscom program executive officers were recently recognized at the Air Force level for their contributions and efforts within the small business community.Maj. Gen. Craig Olson, Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks PEO and Steven Wert, Battle Management PEO, were two of

  • Critical force-protection system completed ahead of time, under budget

    A system managed here that helps protect warfighters in the Air Forces Africa Command's area of responsibility was recently turned over to the users after being completed ahead of schedule and under budget.The Tactical Automated Security System, or TASS, is an intrusion detection system, or IDS,

  • Summer Focus Week offerings, still time to register

    This quarter's Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Focus Week is scheduled for July 28-Aug. 1. As with past offerings, courses will cover a variety of areas and be offered locally, via video teleconference and via the web."As always, we have a number of courses that are new and a number of