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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method, known as a plug-test can quickly put needed tools in the hands of warfighters, before the technology is outdated.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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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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AFLCMC Chief technology officer talks with COO, Beyond Mission Capable Solutions.

Russ Blaine, chief operating officer of Beyond Mission Capable Solutions, discusses military acquisition strategies with Dr. Tim Rudolph, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center chief technology officer, at a Feb. 15 meeting of the Hanscom Representatives Association at Waxy Oconnor’s restaurant near Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Rudolph moderated a panel at the event outlining Other Transaction Authorities and other defense acquisitions mechanisms that could lead to faster purchasing of needed weapons, tools and software for Airmen. The Panel was attended by employees of more than 35 companies, ranging in size from local businesses to multi-national corporations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Jerry Saslav)
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