LCID 2026 Panel: Improve Life Cycle Risk Management

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Duncan Dversdall, assistant to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) commander for Special Programs and chief of the center’s Special Programs Division, led a panel discussion on improving life cycle risk management during the Life Cycle Industry Days (LCID) 2026 conference. Panel members included: Brig. Gen. William Ottati, Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for AFLCMC's Mobility Directorate; Rodney Stevens, PAE for AFLCMC’s Training Directorate; Mark Foringer, director, Defense and Security, Guidehouse; and Dr. Zac Dennis, chief technology officer, DZEN Technologies, LLC. Co-hosted by Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) and Dayton Defense Life LCID and Air Force Research Lab’s (AFRL) Wright Dialogue with Industry (WDI) took place July 27 – 31, 2026, at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio. Though standalone events, LCID and WDI are aligned to gain efficiencies in sharing information, collaboration, and discussion. LCID focuses on the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's future requirements, collaboration opportunities, and topics covering the entire acquisition life cycle and management across AFLCMC portfolios. Historically, LCID hosts more than 1,000 Government, Industry, and academic attendees and every AFLCMC program office. (U.S. Air Force video by Jim Varhegyi)