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Wind turbines, such as these on Ascension Island, could be part of the energy-source mix for the massive radars to be built and operated under the Space Fence program being managed by the Electronic Systems Center. (Courtesy photo).


Harvesting the wind

Wind turbines, such as these on Ascension Island, could be part of the energy-source mix for the massive radars to be built and operated under the Space Fence program being managed by the Electronic Systems Center. (Courtesy photo).

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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)
Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center Operations Analyst, 1st Lt. Kyle Palko, presents hardened electronic flight bag applications, submitted by private firms, to Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Commander Lt. Gen. John Thompson and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David L. Goldfein March 28, 2017. Also on hand are EFB PlugTest Program Manager Brittany Ridings and Master Sgt. Benjamin Lewis, Air Mobility Command loadmaster and EFB program expert. Goldfein toured the HCIC and underscored the importance of multi-domain connectivity during his March 28-30 tour of Hanscom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mark Herlihy)
A screenshot of the Unit Command and Control System shows a fire in an installation, near several facilities. This same system can be used to pull up numbers of personnel in the area, checklists required for evacuation and emergency response assets which could be used to battle the blaze. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Released)
Members of the 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron participate in a squadron wide exercise Feb. 28, 2017, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The exercise focused on readiness for a deployment or in the event of a crisis. Unit Command and Control Systems are an integral part of informing commanders which units are prepared for deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jeremy D. Wolff/Released)
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)
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)
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)
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)
A Battle Management program to improve the reliability and maintainability of U.S. Air Force long-range radar systems reached full operational capability recently. The AN/FPS-117 is a three-dimensional radar system that provides advanced warning and air traffic surveillance and an example of the radar system in Alaska is shown above. (Courtesy photo)
A Battle Management program to improve the reliability and maintainability of U.S. Air Force long-range radar systems reached full operational capability recently. The AN/FPS-117 is a three-dimensional radar system that provides advanced warning and air traffic surveillance and an example of the radar system in Alaska is shown above. (Courtesy photo)
Steve Bessette, system program manager for the Foreign Military Sales Division in the Battle Management Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, addresses current and potential industry partners during a Hanscom Representatives Association meeting in Lexington, Massachusetts, Oct. 13. Bessette spoke about International and FMS programs including ongoing and upcoming opportunities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)
Lt. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, military deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, speaks at the Air Force Association Air Force monthly breakfast Sept. 24, 2015, in Arlington, Va. Bunch touched on a number of acquisitions topics including programs like Should Cost, Cost Capability Assessments and the idea of a Should Schedule. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux)