Dec. 23, 2015 Hanscom employee captures DOD-level award The Department of Defense has recognized a Hanscom employee with a prestigious product support award.Perry Hill, product support manager and chief of logistics for the C3I and Networks Directorate's Space, Aerial and Nuclear Networks Division, recently won the 2015 Secretary of Defense Product
Dec. 21, 2015 DOD CIOs visit area to discuss innovation and collaboration The Chief Information Officer for the Department of Defense and the Chief Information Officers for the Joint Staff, Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast Guard, along with more than 20 senior representatives from DOD, Cyber Command and the intelligence community, visited the local area Dec. 10 and 11 to
Dec. 19, 2015 NATO AGS arrives at Edwards NATO's first Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft arrived here Dec. 19, completing its first flight. The test flight marks the start of six months of ground and airborne testing at Edwards before the aircraft is sent to its new home in Sigonella, Italy.NATO AGS is a derivative of the wide-area
Dec. 17, 2015 One-of-a-kind radio tower will double HCIC range Looming high above the Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center is the testing facility's latest upgrade.Recently, the Air Force erected a new 120-foot radio tower for the center, which will double communication range, correct current line-of-sight issues and support an antenna capable of
Dec. 16, 2015 Researchers harness power of Thunder supercomputer at AFRL Supercomputing Resource Center The power of Thunder could be felt in the basement of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during a ribbon-cutting ceremony welcoming AFRL's third supercomputer to its Information Technology complex.Thunder is
Dec. 16, 2015 AFLCMC product support managers win DOD-level awards Two product support managers in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center each won a 2015 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award announced by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall Dec. 9, 2015.Dale Hertenstein, the product support manager in
Dec. 11, 2015 JSTARS Recap reaches Milestone A Following a seven-month Materiel Solution Analysis phase, JSTARS Recapitalization program was granted a Milestone A decision by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.On Dec. 10 the Air Force received OSD-level approval with the signing of a Milestone A acquisition
Dec. 10, 2015 AFMC to transition to Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project Some 13,000 Air Force Materiel Command non-bargaining unit civilian employees will transition to the Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project pay system in June 2016, according to AFMC officials. "This is a win-win for both employees and managers. It will support employee personal and
Dec. 8, 2015 Australian Aerial refueler connects USAF and RAAF test teams A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30 tanker that arrived here Nov. 30 is connecting the RAAF to the U.S. Air Force in a Coalition Tanker Aerial Refueling Certification Effort. The first flight in the series of tests was Dec. 3 when the KC-30 refueled an Edwards F-16.The coalition test effort will
Dec. 8, 2015 BACN continues to sizzle for 6 more months The Hanscom-based Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program, commonly referred to as BACN, recently awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract extension valued at more than $120 million, securing the system's future for months to come.The payload operations and sustainment extension will allow