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{{more footnotes needed|date=August 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Electronic Systems Center |image= USAF - Electronic Systems Center.png |image_size= 200px |caption= Electronic Systems Center emblem |dates= 1961-16 July 2012 |country= [[United States]] |branch= [[United States Air Force]] |type= |role= |size= |command_structure= [[Air Force Materiel Command]] |current_commander= |garrison= [[Hanscom Air Force Base]] |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |anniversaries= }} The '''Electronic Systems Center''' was a product center of [[Air Force Materiel Command]] (AFMC) headquartered at [[Hanscom Air Force Base]], Massachusetts. Its mission was to develop and acquire [[Command and Control (Military)|command and control]], communications, computer, and intelligence systems. ESC consisted of professional teams specializing in [[engineering]], [[computer science]], and [[Project management|business management]]. The teams supervised the design, development, testing, production, and deployment of command and control systems. Two of ESC's most well-known developments were the [[Boeing E-3 Sentry]] Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), developed in the 1970s, and the [[E-8 Joint STARS|Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System]] (Joint STARS), developed in the 1980s. The Electronic Systems Center served into five decades as the Air Force's organization for developing and acquiring [[Command and control (military)|Command and Control]] (C2) systems. As of December 2004, ESC managed approximately two hundred programs ranging from secure communications systems to mission planning systems. ESC had an annual budget of over $3 billion and more than eighty-seven hundred personnel. In addition to the Air Force, ESC works with other branches of the [[United States Department of Defense]], the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] (NORAD), the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA), the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA), the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO), and foreign governments. Due to AFMC restructuring, ESC was inactivated on 1 October 2012.
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