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  • Hanscom's cyber initiatives

    Today's battlefield is full of ever-changing and constantly evolving threats. In this environment, the Air Force not only defends against enemies in air and space, but also against adversaries within the cyber domain. Hanscom Air Force Base may not have fighter jets, helicopters or remotely piloted

  • MPS Increment IV reaches full deployment

    Battle Management program executive officer Steven Wert recently declared full deployment of the Mission Planning System Increment IV, Joint Mission Planning System, or JMPS, ushering in a new generation of capabilities for mission planners."Now that MPS Increment IV is fully deployed and

  • Space Fence contract awarded

    Officials here awarded a $914,699,474 contract to Lockheed Martin on June 2, 2014 to develop a system that will track objects in Earth's orbit with far greater confidence and fidelity.The contract brings the program to final system development with the delivery of Space Fence Increment 1, or site 1,

  • Leading cyber minds converge at Hanscom

    Numerous regional cyber leaders convened at Hanscom Air Force Base May 28 to discuss, and sometimes debate, the merits and challenges of secure cloud computing.Organized by the Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC) and hosted by leaders at Hanscom, the event fostered vigorous discussion about the

  • BACN accomplishments ensure warfighter connectivity

    Three recent achievements demonstrate how a critical communications capability managed here is continuing to keep warfighters connected.The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, translates and distributes imagery, video, voice and data, often from disparate elements, improving

  • AFCEA names Hanscom captain as IT leadership award recipient

    A member of Team Hanscom recently earned high honors in the field of information technology.Capt. Gary Priest of the Battle Management Division here was awarded the 2014 Joint Officer Information Technology Leadership Award by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association during a

  • Cyber security facility transfers to Hanscom

    Officials here cut the ribbon on a new facility at Hanscom that will improve cyber testing and integration with less expense.While the facility at Hanscom is new, the Air Force is actually transferring an operation known as the Intranet Control Weapons System Gateway Integration Facility from a

  • DDR design poised to serve as open systems architecture pathfinder

    Mounted on an experimental aircraft known as the Proteus, the Air Force's Dismount Detection Radar pod underwent its first test flight above Mojave, Calif., recently."Not only were we able to test the system ahead of schedule, but within a couple of hours, we could see immediate results - in real

  • TASS capability brought to Africa, improves security

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Force Protection Branch recently began installing a critical force protection system that safeguards forward-deployed warfighters in U.S. Africa Command's area of responsibility.In December 2013, AFLCMC received an urgent request from the 17th Air