AFMC Command News

  • Hanscom team awards contract for up to six aircraft

    A Hanscom team awarded a $464.8 million contract to Learjet, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Specialized Aircraft Division of Bombardier Inc., on June 1 in support of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program, headquartered here.The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity agreement

  • New force protection teams to leverage A.I., ‘robotic dogs’ at Tyndall

    Two Hanscom teams are helping to build the “base of the future” by integrating an exciting new force protection technology at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Teams within the Force Protection and Special Programs Divisions, both headquartered here, supplied and integrated the 325th Security Forces

  • EITaaS team stands up new security operations center

    A Hanscom IT team stood up an Enterprise IT-as-a-Service Security Operations Center, referred to as an ESOC, in San Antonio in late February to ingest data from Buckley Garrison, Colorado, and Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. With updated visualization and automation capabilities, the new ESOC will

  • Hanscom acquisition professionals recognized by DoD

    In October, the Department of Defense recognized multiple Hanscom-based teams and individuals for excellence in contracting, acquisitions, and software development. The Honorable Ellen Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, announced the winners of the 2020 Defense

  • SATURN radio connects U.S. forces to allies

    To improve communication with allies, the Air-to-Ground, Tactical Data Links team, headquartered here, has been working to provide the Department of Defense with an anti-jam, hack-proof, and high-frequency radio system.

  • AFLCMC seeks program managers at Hanscom

    Human resource officials with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center are hosting a digital hiring event Sept. 16 and 17 to fill critical positions with Hanscom-based acquisition directorates. Resumes must be submitted by Sept. 9 at 11:59 p.m. EST at https://afciviliancareers.com/aflcmc/. 

  • Collaboration for tomorrow’s Air Force

    Hanscom is home to the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Infrastructure Division, the team responsible for designing, testing and deploying the entire Air Force Network. Their mission partner, the 66th Air Base Group Communications and Information Division (SC), owns and