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U.S. Air Force

Electronic Systems

The acquisition and sustainment organizations that develop the Air Force's electronic and C2 systems. From radar development to battle management systems, Electronic Systems turns technology into warfighting capability.

Electronic Systems
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Hanscom AFB / C2ISR / ABMS
Technology to Warfighting Est. 1949
ELEC SYSTEMS
HANSCOM AFB, MA
Electronic Systems
Acquisition / C2 / Radar Development
Hanscom
AFB, Massachusetts
ESC
Electronic Sys Ctr
C2
Command & Control
Acq
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION
Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB has been the Air Force's primary organization for developing command and control, communications, and intelligence systems. From the SAGE air defense computer in the 1950s to modern battle management systems, Hanscom has delivered the electronic backbone of air warfare. Now reorganized under Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Hanscom mission continues as the home of C2ISR acquisition. Read more
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SAGE to Modern C2 1949 - Present
SAGE
COLD WAR INNOVATION
SAGE Air Defense System
The First Networked Computer
SAGE
Semi-Auto Ground Env
1958
Operational
AN/FSQ-7
Computer System
First
NETWORKED DEFENSE
The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment was the first large-scale networked computer system in the world. Developed at MIT Lincoln Lab and fielded by Electronic Systems Division, SAGE linked radar stations across North America into an integrated air defense network. The AN/FSQ-7 computers that powered SAGE were the largest ever built. SAGE was the foundation for every networked command and control system that followed. Read more
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MODERN
ALL-DOMAIN C2
Modern Battle Management
ABMS / JADC2
ABMS
Advanced Battle Mgmt
JADC2
Joint All-Domain C2
Sensors
To Shooters
Data
FUSION
The Advanced Battle Management System is the Air Force's contribution to Joint All-Domain Command and Control. ABMS connects sensors to shooters across all domains, fusing data from satellites, aircraft, ground systems, and cyber sources into a single actionable picture. Electronic Systems organizations at Hanscom are developing the network architecture that will enable a satellite to cue a fighter to shoot a missile based on data from a ground sensor. All in seconds. Read more
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Hanscom
AFB, Massachusetts
ABMS
Battle Management
C2ISR
Systems Acquisition
JADC2
All-Domain C2