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  • Forum spawns ‘big data’ collaboration

    Enhanced information sharing and partnership are among the benefits expected to stem from an early-October forum co-sponsored by Hanscom Air Force Base and the Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Center.The forum held at the Volpe Center brought together a number of experts from

  • PEO talks about priorities for Business and Enterprise Systems

    The program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex, Ala., shared some of his mission objectives and insights about his position during an industry meeting here Oct. 10.Robert Carl "Shof" Shofner, speaking at the Hanscom Representatives Association, said until

  • Colonel highlights importance of open systems

    The role of open architecture in the next generation of battle management command and control weapon systems was the main topic during the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council meeting Oct. 1 at the Doubletree Bedford Glen Hotel here.Col. Scott Owens, Theater Battle Control

  • Video streaming offers senior leaders another way to convey messages

    A program office here recently provided live video streaming capabilities to support high-level Air Force events to enable senior leaders to communicate directly with their desired audiences.The Global Combat Support Systems-Air Force office worked with multiple other organizations to enable a live

  • Acquisition Workforce Development Week has a new name

    With the stand up of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom's Acquisition Workforce Development Week will now be called AFLCMC Hanscom Focus Week. The weeklong series of training opportunities will begin Oct. 15 and runs through Oct. 19. This quarter's courses will mainly be offered in

  • AFMC to declare 5-Center IOC Oct. 1, track results of reorganization

    After some 18 months of planning and careful transition, Air Force Materiel Command officials are ready to declare initial operational capability of AFMC's 5-Center reorganization Oct. 1 and continue the process of improving its support to the warfighter. In early July, the command began activating

  • AFLCMC commander encourages working together

    During a town hall meeting here Sept. 11, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander emphasized to the workforce that we are all part of the larger LCMC organization."The neat thing is we are all one team now," Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II said, while talking about working with counterparts at

  • Collaboration key to net-centric success, speakers say

    The tenth annual Net-Centric Operations conference held here Sept. 10 featured a diverse array of speakers who extolled the value of collaboration in acquiring, supporting and operating intelligence-gathering systems and cyber tools.The conference was sponsored by the Patriots' Roost Chapter of the

  • New PEO for C3I&N pleased to be taking on role

    The new program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks believes he's very fortunate to lead and serve in this position.Maj. Gen. Craig Olson, who formerly was PEO for Business and Enterprise Systems, feels that taking on this new portfolio is extremely

  • PEO sees things moving in the right direction

    Addressing a local industry group here Aug. 29, Battle Management Program Executive Officer Steve Wert said he's confident recent Air Force Materiel Command restructuring moves things in the right direction."I'm very optimistic about where this is all going," he said during the monthly meeting of