Emmons speaks to business leaders Jeff Emmons, director of Small Business Programs for Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., speaks to attendees during a Hanscom Representatives Association meeting in Lexington, Mass., in April 2018. In fiscal year 2022, the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate and Digital Directorate awarded over $1 billion to small businesses. Additionally, the Hanscom Operational Contracting Division obligated more than 125 percent of their contracting dollars to small businesses, a number only possible by earning credits through contracting with local small businesses in the greater Boston area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki) HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Hanscom-based Air Force Life Cycle Management Center organizations obligated over $1 billion to small businesses in fiscal year 2022. During that time, the Digital Directorate obligated over 23 percent of their total contracting dollars to small businesses, roughly $600 million, and the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate, or C3I&N, obligated 29 percent at almost $460 million. “It’s another outstanding year for the Hanscom directorates in not only meeting their small business and socioeconomic goals, but far exceeding them,” said Jeff Emmons, director of Small Business Programs here. “Kudos to these organizations, from the […]