Engineers from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., and professors from the University of Massachusetts Lowell gather for a digital engineering course at the UMass Lowell Research Institute’s Northstar campus in Lincoln, Mass, Jan. 18. The graduate-level pilot program is a partnership between Hanscom Air Force Base, UMass Lowell and the Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force, designed to give Hanscom engineers experience in the use of digital engineering methods, models and strategy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)