653d Electronic Systems Wing The 653d Electronic Systems Wing ( 653 ELSW ) is a wing of the United States Air Force located at Hanscom Air Force Base , Massachusetts . Mission . The 653d Electronic Systems Wing executes a $ 21 billion fiscal year defense plan budget with 1 , 300 personnel . The 653 ELSW acquires , delivers and sustains Air Force and Joint systems to include communications , intelligence and airspace management capabilities supporting AF Global Continuous Operations . Additionally , the wing provides engineering and integration to optimize delivery of net - centric capabilities to warfighter for effects - based combat operations and support . The wing serves 9 major commands , 4 Services , 7 Combatant Commands ( COCOM ) , 14 national agencies , and NATO . Units . From 2004 to 2010 the 653rd Wing consisted of three groups with four squadrons : The 653d Electronic Systems Group , the 753d Electronic Systems Group , the 853d Electronic Systems Group , the 639th Electronic Systems Squadron , the 640th Electronic Systems Squadron , the 641th Electronic Systems Squadron , and the 644th Electronic Systems Squadron . The 653d Electronic Systems Group ( 653 ELSG ) executed a $ 18 billion Fiscal Year Defense Plan budget with six divisions and squadrons . The group had 720 personnel . The 653 ELSG acquired , delivered and sustained networks , integrated information systems , enterprise services and applications for the Global Information Grid , facilitating communication between land , naval , air and space warfare forces . The group delivered capabilities for voice , video and data networks focused on joint and coalition warfighter needs to enable worldwide net - centric ops . The 753d Electronic Systems Group ( 753 ELSG ) executed a $ 500 million Fiscal Year Defense Plan budget with 350 personnel . The group was the ESC lead for AF and joint capabilities , planning and enterprise integration . The 753 ELSG leveraged $ 14 billion Air Force combat and command budget in support of net - centric operations , performed XR staff functions , and identified technical opportunities through management of experiments and simulations . Additionally the group acquired , fielded and sustained interoperable C2 capabilities ; implemented C2 net - centric integration with all commands and services . The 853d Electronic Systems Group ( 853 ELSG ) executed a $ 2 . 6 billion Fiscal Year Defense Plan budget with 260 personnel . The group acquired , fielded and sustained mission critical fixed and deployable airborne , space and ground - based Communication , Navigation , Surveillance / Air Traffic Management and landing systems . The group also certified CNS / ATM systems to meet warfighting requirements for access to global airspace vital to AF Global Attack , Rapid Global Mobility and joint operations worldwide . For more information , contact the Electronic Systems Center Public Affairs Office at : 781 - 377 - 3912 . History . The wing was last active on 1 October 1994 , after being redesignated the 653d Communications - Computer Systems Group on 1 October 1992 at Robins Air Force Base , GA . The redesignated Wing activated in November 2005 at Hanscom Air Force Base as the Network Centric Operations and Integration Systems Wing . It received its present designation after the two units were consolidated in 2006 . Lineage . 653d Communications - Computer Systems Group 653d Electronic Systems Wing