Overview
Hanscom houses two Program Executive Officers (PEOs) of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, one of five such centers of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). In addition to this primary function, Hanscom supports the Air Force Research Laboratory's Sensors and Space Vehicles directorates, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the MITRE corporation, and various other companies and groups related to the Department of Defense.
Hanscom's mission is to support research, acquisitions, and electronic systems instead of military aircraft.
Hanscom Field, a civilian general-aviation airport adjacent to the Air Force Base, and MASSPORT, are the primary operators of the air field and runways. Less than one percent of the aircraft that land at Hanscom Field are military aircraft.
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