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Hanscom team works to upgrade airborne comm for top U.S. officials
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs A Hanscom team is working to acquire a comprehensive system that will provide highly reliable, secure and integrated voice, data, and video equipment for airborne U.S. senior leaders. Those leaders include the vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state, numerous senior military officials and others who travel world-wide aboard a fleet of 20 special aircraft. While on board they must be able to carry out their official, day-to-day duties and respond to emergency situations. Program office officials here are due to release a request for proposal, or RFP, next month. They'll be looking for the best and most cost-effective solution for building a standardized command, control and communications (C3) system for the fleet, said Karl Gregor, deputy program manager for the Senior Leadership C3 System - Airborne Communications Program, referred to as SCP. (More) |
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Brig. Gen. Dennis gets stars pinned Brig. Gen. Dwyer Dennis, commander of
the 551st Electronic Systems Wing, pauses while his wife Tammy
(at left) and mother Louanna Sturm pin on his new rank during a
promotion ceremony July 2 at the Hanscom Conference Center. Two
of the general’s four children, Derek and Alison, also took part
in the ceremony. (Photo by Rick Berry) |
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ESC, MITRE take hands-on approach to
terminal management
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Electronic Systems Center and MITRE Corp. are taking a hands-on approach to managing a major satellite communications terminal program, especially now that they've purchased and set one up in their own backyard. More specifically, the team from the 653rd Electronic Systems Wing's Space and Nuclear Network division set the large antenna up on the roof. The team received the Ground Multi-band Terminal, or GMT, equipment and were trained to set it up and operate it last month. Then they hauled the pieces of the dish-shaped antenna onto the roof of a MITRE Bedford, Mass., campus building and began assembly. (More) |
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Heritage of Freedom to feature two combat recountings July 16 By Kevin Gilmartin
A decorated veteran of World War II and a
lieutenant from the 66th Medical Group who earned distinction as
a combat controller in Afghanistan are the featured speakers at
the next Heritage of Freedom speaker series July 16 at the Aero
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Air Force and Northrop Grumman officials unveiled the first RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk in Palmdale, Calif. June 25. The Block 40 incorporates the multi-platform radar technology insertion program or MP-RTIP radar, which provides high fidelity ground moving target indication and high quality radar imagery. Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. manages MP-RTIP sensor suite development and Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio oversees the RQ-4 Global Hawk program. (Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman) |
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ESC executive director visits CPSG LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- During his visit to Lackland AFB, Texas, June 26, Richard Lombardi (center), Electronic Systems Center executive director, listens as Robin Cook of the Cryptologic Systems Group describes the Information Assurance Technical Assistance Center's Collaborative Advanced Secure Test Network, with team member Dan Huber looking on. Mr. Lombardi also learned about CPSG's role in testing High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptors and other group efforts, and while in San Antonio, also visited members of the 950th ELSG. (Photo by Larry Kishur) |
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Command IG team lauds ESC for compliance during re-inspection By Kevin Gilmartin66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
An Air Force Materiel Command Inspector General Team found a
"remarkable level of increased compliance" during a follow-up
visit to Electronic Systems Center June 22-26, re-inspecting
areas that needed additional attention following last November's
Unit Compliance Inspection. |
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753 ELSG changes leadership Ron Mason (left), director of the 653rd Electronic Systems Wing, passes the 753rd Electronic Systems Group command guidon to Ronnie Carter in a change of leadership ceremony June 25. Mr. Carter, who had previously served as director of the 853 ELSG, took over for Col. Leslie Blackham (right), who has moved on to a staff position within the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. (Photo by Rick Berry) |
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Open-rank inspection at CPSG LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Cryptologic Systems Group Commander Col. Kevin Collamore leads an open-ranks inspection of more than 100 military members assigned to the group June 29. Master Sgt. Kareem Nixon coordinated the bi-annual inspection, and the formation commander, Capt. Jaime Bastidas Jr., along with several other officers, also inspected their designated flights. CPSG personnel view the open-ranks as a valuable way to instill esprit de corps and pride in their uniforms. (Photo by Larry Kishur) |
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the news ... Use of these articles does not reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. Hanscom welcomes its heroes home -- Concord (Mass.) Journal The sun made its first appearance in weeks last Friday at Hanscom Air Force Base, shining a light on the honorees at the Heroes Homecoming ceremony. Obama's cybersecurity push: What it means for CIOs -- Computerworld Happy Birthday, America. We're not as safe as we think. From the electricity grid to the banking system to the defense contractors building our most sophisticated weapons, computers running the nation's critical infrastructure see relentless attacks from criminals and countries alike. Cyber command faces urgent agenda -- Government Computer News Military leaders from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps expect the Defense Department’s new unified Cyber Command to rationalize military cybersecurity efforts. U.S. Air Force awards $30 million Space Fence contract to Lockheed Martin -- Satellite Today The U.S. Air Force awarded a $30 million contract to Lockheed Martin to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-band radars supporting operations centers that detects and reports objects and debris orbiting the Earth, Lockheed Martin announced June 30.
New Air Force ISR flight plan seen opening
access for industry Block 40 Global
Hawk faces hurdles |
command comments ...
… I grow increasingly concerned about the cyber
world and the attacks, whether they’re from
individual hackers or from state entities. And
that’s something I think we all need to be
concerned about. I’m not going to go into great
detail about specifics with respect to that, but
it’s a growing concern.
There’s been a significant
investment in that. It’s become what I believe
is a mainstream issue for all of leadership, not
just for specialties. And we need to raise up
more people who are capable in this area. And as
I indicated, it’s a growing concern, and we need
to have this as a big part of our focus with
respect to the threat now and in the future. …
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