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Nov. 30, 2021
Air Force awards contract for spaceborne weather data

A Hanscom team recently awarded a $19.3 million contract to support a constellation of high-tech weather satellites capable of observing precipitation and storm structures from space.
Nov. 4, 2021
Small business experts engage with Hanscom-area business leaders

Jeff Emmons, the director of Small Business Programs here, discussed innovative contract strategies for small businesses during a virtual meeting with the Hanscom Representatives Association Nov. 3.
Oct. 27, 2021
Acquisition professionals recognized by Air Force

In October, the Department of the Air Force recognized multiple Hanscom-based teams and individuals for excellence in acquisition, test and evaluation, and software development.
Oct. 6, 2021
Bradley provides update on Air Force cyber resiliency

A Hanscom senior official discussed efforts to modernize Air Force cybersecurity during a virtual meeting with Hanscom-area business leaders Sept. 29.
Sept. 10, 2021
Hanscom workshop to highlight software testing

To inform the Hanscom-area acquisition workforce about test efforts and capabilities, the 96th Cyberspace Test Group, Detachment 1, located here, will host a virtual test workshop Sept. 29 beginning at 1 p.m.
July 21, 2021
Hanscom team members recognized for excellence in acquisition and leadership

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, along with Air Force Materiel Command, recognized multiple Hanscom team members with 2020 Acquisition Excellence and Leadership Awards.
June 29, 2021
Digital Directorate team wins major acquisition award

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force honored a Digital Directorate team with a major acquisition award earlier this month.
June 24, 2021
New data sharing tech to augment warfighters in contested environments

A Hanscom team recently completed demonstrations that tested new techniques on tactical data links to increase data sharing in contested environments and improve warfighter readiness.
June 16, 2021
Retiring deputy of PEO Digital discusses AgileDevOps, future of directorate

Col. Ryan Mantz, who had been serving as deputy program executive officer for Digital, retired after 29 years of service in a ceremony here June 11. Prior to his departure, Mantz reflected on his nearly three decades as an Air Force acquisition officer. He also discussed the future of the
June 4, 2021
Test workshop brings focus to C4I testing

The 96th Cyberspace Test Group, Detachment 1 will host a virtual test workshop June 8 at 1 p.m. The event is part of a quarterly series of workshops offered by the detachment, each with a different theme. This quarter’s theme is Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence systems
June 3, 2021
Mission planning team supports JADC2 through agile software development

In an effort to facilitate Joint All-Domain Command and Control, a team at Hanscom recently demonstrated a new agile cloud-based aircraft mission planning application. JOMS Core Mission Planning, or JOMS CMP, is an aircraft transit planning software that leverages CloudOne to identify users and
June 1, 2021
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
May 28, 2021
Precision landing system increases warfighter readiness overseas

A team in the Digital Directorate here recently improved warfighter readiness by using the first Deployable Instrument Landing System at an airfield outside the United States.
April 2, 2021
Airmen’s heroism, quick-thinking saves two lives from fatal vehicle accident

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - On March 23, what could have been a dire situation ended in the saving of two lives—thanks to the valor and heroism of two 88th Medical Group Airmen.That Tuesday morning, Capt. Carly Kerr, an intensive care unit nurse at Wright-Patterson Medical Center, was
April 2, 2021
Air Force Marathon relay returns

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Marathon’s three-person relay has returned and takes place Sept. 18.Registration will close after first 250 teams sign up. Relay participants, who must be ages 12 or older, can form a team under the following divisions. Men’s Women’s Mixed

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