Digital Directorate

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

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Colonel William T. Collins Jr. is the acting PEO, Digital. Previously, he served as Senior Materiel Leader, High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Division, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. In that role, he lead a 337-member team of military, civilian and contractor personnel in the development, production, modernization and sustainment activities for the $12B RQ-4 and U-2 Portfolios.

Col Collins was previously the Deputy Director for Acquisition Career Management, where he was responsible for advising the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) on senior leader and acquisition workforce matters as well as supporting the acquisition workforce through policy and related actions regarding assignments, training and professional development.

Map of digital directorate locations in USA

Headquartered at Hanscom AFB, the Digital Directorate operates from multiple sites nationwide –
with significant presences at Robins, Tinker, and Hill Air Force Bases.

Geographically Separate Units (GSU) are located in:

Geilenkirchen, Germany
Cairo, Egypt
Oslo, Norway
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mission: Automate and accelerate C2 operations for speed and effectiveness, and make the world safer for the Joint Force, our allies, and the nation.

Vision: The USAF and our allies remain the world’s most agile and powerful force.

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Basic newcomer information
Education and Training
Volunteering at Hanscom AFB

Sponsor Information:

Sponsor's Guidebook

Major Mission Areas:

Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (ATCALS)
Air Traffic Management Systems
Weather Systems

Major Mission Areas:

Air Force Distributed Common Ground Systems
E-8C JSTARS
Integrated Broadcast System
Special Programs

Major Mission Areas:

Airborne Early Warning Command and Control
E-7

Major Mission Areas:

KRADOS
Modeling and Simulation
Air Operations Center
Theater Battle Management Core Systems Force Level

Major Mission Areas:

Airborne Early Warning
Command and Control

Major Mission Areas:

Conventional Force Protection
Nuclear Force Protection
Integrated Base Defense
Counter small Unmanned Aerial Systems
Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar

Major Mission Areas:

Strategic Deterrence
Global Strike
Level IV Nuclear Plans
Operations Plan 8010
Defense Decision Systems
Rogue Blue Software Factory

Major Mission Areas:

Joint Mission Planning
Mobility Air Force Planning
Portable Flight Planning
Joint Precision Airdrop

Major Mission Areas:

Atmospheric Early Warning
Power Conditioning Continuation Interfacing
Tactical Shelters, Radomes & Towers

Theater Battle Contorl

Major Mission Areas:

Battle Management C2
Homeland Defense
Air/Ground Surveillance
High Frequency Global Communications

Major Mission Areas:

Air Operations Centers/Air Defense Operations Centers
C2 Systems
Surveillance Radars

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