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Detection systems keep critical Air Force assets safe

A program office here is ensuring U.S. Air Force critical assets have increased protection with the recent completion of two projects. Last month, the Force Protection Division concluded government acceptance testing on Intrusion Detection Systems at Sioux City Air National Guard Base, Iowa, and Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio. “The purpose of these systems is to augment the role of security forces personnel on the base to ensure priority resources are protected,” said Jason Hamblen, project lead. “The IDS automatically detects an intruder approaching a restricted area boundary and notifies security forces personnel at the Base Defense Operations Center with an alarm and video so they can have a visual of what is happening.” The Security Forces Squadron Commander at Sioux City ANGB, Maj. Brandon East, also emphasized the importance of the IDS. “Our IDS has increased our flightline security tenfold,” he said. “The high-definition cameras provide crystal clear images of the situation enabling the BDOC controller to have a much better understanding of what is going on. The sensor system provides immediate information on the perimeter breach with the cameras panning to that specific location; reaction time has been cut tremendously.” The electronic security systems consist of items such as sensors and assessment systems (closed circuit television systems) and alarm displays to enhance security and improve situational awareness. At Sioux City, the system is helping to protect KC-135 tankers, while at Toledo the system is enhancing the security of F-16 fighters. Hanscom program officials said working with the Air National Guard members was extremely helpful as they contributed to the overall success of the project. For instance, the fence that was at Toledo at the beginning of the project could not function properly as a sensor platform. The Toledo Civil Engineering personnel not only worked with their installation to secure funding for a new fence (sensor

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Dismount Detection Radar Pod

The Air Force Dismount Detection Radar pod is strapped to the underbelly of an experimental aircraft called the Proteus. The system underwent its first test flight April 22, 2014. A Life Cycle Management Center team based out of Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the driving force responsible for the development and testing of the radar. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Matthew Cook)

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Dr. Donald Hoying, BMEWS Program Manager

Dr. Donald Hoying holds a solid state module on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Nov. 29, 2017. Hoying is Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems division Ballistic Missile Early Warning System sustainment program manager. He recently won AFLCMC’s Outstanding Civilian Acquisition Program Manager Award for leading a team of 50 personnel who are replacing 25,000 SSMs, which are 40-year-old components installed on five Northern Hemisphere radar sites. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Robert Lingley)

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D-RAPCON demo

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Herbert Hayes Jr., an air traffic controller from the 54th Combat Communication Squadron, tests a new deployable radar approach control system, or D-RAPCON, design during a human factors assessment at a facility in Marlborough, Mass., Sept. 17. D-RAPCON, a Life Cycle Management Center-owned program, works to deliver air traffic control systems that can be deployed worldwide in support of armed forces and humanitarian operations. (Courtesy photo)

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Education Partnership Agreement provides collaboration opportunities

Peter Boynton, the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security CEO, speaks to a group of Hanscom Community Partnership Committee members in KRI’s materials and devices laboratory during a facility tour in Burlington, Mass., June 16. Hanscom and KRI recently signed an Education Partnership Agreement, which grants new research and educational collaboration opportunities for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center programs at Hanscom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Walter Santos)

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Electronic Flight Bag

Electronic Flight Bags reduce the number of printed documents required for flight crews. The Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center initiated a PlugTest of private-sector created hardened EFB applications, in order to encourage private innovation on Air Force electronic tools. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Electronic flight bags could boost operational safety, effectiveness

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brett Pierson, a pilot with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refers to his personal computer tablet during preflight checks aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft bound for a refueling mission in Afghanistan May 8, 2011, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., is working with industry to provide Air Mobility Command pilots with hardened digital tablets, which can withstand digital attack and electronic interference during flight, replacing hundreds of pages of printed material with secure electronic flight bags. This acquisition method, known as a plug-test can quickly put needed tools in the hands of warfighters, before the technology is outdated. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. William Greer)

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Empire Challenge 2009

On the operations floor of Exercise Empire Challenge, held at Langley Air Force Base, Va., in 2009, U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine and military forces from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, and Japan tested interoperability. During the exercise, participants used Cross-Domain Enterprise All-Source User Repository, or CENTAUR, which provides a digital safe space where U.S. and allied nations can link their intelligence-gathering systems and share information, including full motion video, photo imagery, documents and secure chat. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt. Randy Redman)

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Exploring geospatial intelligence

Hanscom Air Force Base's Geospatial Intelligence, or GEOINT, team will host a Technical Exchange Meeting June 17 at the Conference Center to discuss initiatives and new technologies in the area. (Courtesy graphic)

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Fourth BACN-equipped E-11A joins fleet, improves communication capabilities

A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node-equipped E-11A aircraft rolls out on the flightline at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 18. It is the fourth BACN-equipped E-11A to join the Air Force's arsenal. BACN hardware allows for communication between warfighters that are operating on different networks and has the capability to relay info between air and ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Candice Page/Released)

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GBS rucksacks

U.S. Air Force Capt. Hayden Poe, far right, a Global Broadcast Service program manager, fastens a GBS rucksack-portable receive suite device onto Col. Todd Krueger, center, Space, Aerial and Nuclear Networks senior materiel leader, during a facility tour of AQYR Technologies in Hollis, N.H., Oct. 30, 2015. AQYR Technologies was recently awarded Hanscom Air Force Base's largest small business innovation research contract to date for the production and delivery of the devices. The receive devices come in a suitcase- and rucksack-portable size that will allow service members to receive near real-time video and data in remote locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Global ASNT

The Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., recently completed a preliminary design review. The team is responsible for acquiring and sustaining nuclear command, control and communications terminals for the Air Force's nuclear bomber mission. (courtesy graphic)

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Hanscom Center for Innovation and Collaboration, DIUx and Air Force Life Cycle Management experts discuss rapid acquisition.

Brittany Ridings, Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center program manager, Dr. Bernadette Johnson, Defense Innovation Experimental chief technology officer and panel moderator Dr. Tim Rudolph, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center chief technology officer, discuss how to work with the defense department to quickly provide tools, software and weapons to the military , at a Feb. 15 meeting of the Hanscom Representatives Association at Waxy O’Connor’s restaurant near Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Thirty five companies, ranging in size from local businesses to multi-national corporations attended the panel and heard about Other Transaction Authorities and plug-test models as ways to meet warfighter demands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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Hanscom program office using expertise to protect trainees

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TEXAS - U.S. Air Force Basic Military Trainees from the 323rd Training Squadron hurry down stairs at a facility here during the month of October 2013. The Force Protection office at Hanscom AFB, Mass., is working to ensure trainees’ safety with the installation of surveillance systems in common areas to identify personnel coming and going. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan G. Wilson-Crow)

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Hanscom upgrades 'heart' of CRC

The Control and Reporting Center program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is working to upgrade the CRC Operations Module. The OM, shown in the photo illustration above, is often referred to as the "heart" of the system and provides a comprehensive air picture by integrating input from air- and ground-based radars. The upgrades will bring the OM up-to-date with current technology and make it more easily transportable by having all systems in one shelter. (Photo illustration by Frank Landry)

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HEAT Lab opening

Dr. Bahareh Haji-saeed, an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center chief engineer, demonstrates an advanced engineering computer program in the Hanscom Engineering and Analysis Training lab on May 1, its opening day. The HEAT lab is in the Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center and allows authorized base personnel to operate advanced computer programs on powerful networked machines. The HEAT lab is open for reservation through SharePoint. Machines in the lab are connected to the Defense Research and Engineering Network and software available for use includes various computer-aided design programs, analytics tools and software development bundles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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HEAT Lab Opening

Glen Townsend, left, Engineering director for the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate, Stephen Falcone Engineering Director for the Battle Management Directorate and Dennis Miller, AFLCMC-Hanscom’s director of Engineering and Technical Management, officially open the Hanscom Engineering and Analysis Training Lab in the Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center May 1, 2017. The HEAT lab will give Airmen access to advanced networked computers loaded with high-end software. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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Hurricane Maria Relief Support

U.S. Army Capt. Beth Carriere, right, a physician assistant assigned to the Vermont National Guard's Medical Detachment, Task Force Bravo, briefs her team on how to organize the donated medications from various organizations at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Sept. 28, 2017. Hurricane Maria formed in the Atlantic Ocean and affected islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. military assets supported FEMA as well as state and local authorities in rescue and relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr., Released)

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Keep situationally aware

A visual warning system, part of the current Enhanced Regional Situational Awareness, or ERSA system, monitors situational awareness in the national capital region. A program management office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., recently released a request for information to upgrade the ERSA system to incorporate newer technology and reduce lifecycle costs

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LCMC All-Call

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, addresses members of the Hanscom community inside the Aero Club Hangar during an All-Call Oct. 9. This was Thompson's first visit to Hanscom after assuming the role of center commander. During the event, he assured the team the mission and vision would remain the same and also encouraged members to stay resilient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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