Parts Life, Inc. at LCID/WDI 2026 Near Wright-Patterson at Booth 151. Supporting Air Force Fleet Readiness Through Obsolescence Solutions
Parts Life, Inc. is set to attend Life Cycle Industry Days and Wright Dialogue with Industry, July 27-31 at the Dayton Convention Center near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at booth 151. Hosted across the same week, LCID and WDI bring together Air Force leaders, program offices, technical stakeholders, industry partners, and acquisition teams to discuss the future of airpower, sustainment, innovation, and fleet readiness.
Parts Life, Inc. is focused on one mission-critical outcome: keeping aircraft, strategic systems, and aging defense platforms ready to support the warfighter.
Across Air Force platforms, one obsolete part, missing technical data package, long-lead item, no-bid NSN, or limited-source component can create a sustainment gap that affects operational availability. Parts Life helps solve these challenges through engineering-driven obsolescence and sustainment solutions, including reverse engineering, manufacturable technical data development, source approval support, prototype integration, repair and remanufacture, alternate source development, lifecycle support, and sustainment manufacturing.
We’re proud to support Air Force readiness across key mission areas. For the Minuteman III program, Parts Life helped address a critical safing wrench requirement that faced lead times exceeding 300 days. Through reverse engineering, design validation, and rapid production, fully operational units were delivered in 60 days, restoring supply continuity and supporting maintenance execution for a strategic weapons system.
For the Air Launched Cruise Missile and F107 engine, Parts Life reverse engineered and manufactured ram fin seals that had been unavailable for years, helping restore access to a mission-critical component. For the B-52 and TF33 engine, Parts Life supported complex tube assemblies and source development tied directly to legacy propulsion sustainment.
Parts Life has also supported the B-1 and B-2 bomber communities by addressing MICAP conditions for critical electronic and fluid-control components where approved manufacturing sources and technical data were unavailable. Through coordination with Air Force engineering organizations, the team developed technical data, manufactured prototype hardware, supported validation, and transitioned components into production to help return aircraft to operational status.
These examples show the practical connection between obsolescence mitigation and fleet readiness. Readiness is strengthened when program offices, ESAs, DLA, depots, OEMs, primes, and qualified industrial base partners work together early to identify risk, align the right acquisition pathway, and move from technical problem to fielded sustainment solution.
AS9100D Quality Management System
At Parts Life, Inc., quality is systematically built into our processes. Our organization’s quality management systems (QMS) is certified to ISO 9001 and AS9001D, two globally recognized quality standards that guide how we manage processes, reduce risks, and meet the demands of the aerospace and defense industries.
AS9100D certification enables streamlined process control, accelerates source approval timelines, and strengthens counterfeit mitigation to deliver supply chain reliability and operational continuity for mission-critical platforms.
In addition, Parts Life, Inc. is certified to AS9100D 8.3, the design and development clause within the AS9100D QMS. This section outlines how design and development must be managed to ensure quality from concept to completion. Whether reverse engineering legacy components or developing value-added engineered solutions for sustainment and lifecycle extension, our team follows defined stages of planning, review, validation, and change control. Clause 8.3 requires that risks are identified early, inputs are clearly understood, and all outputs are verified before production begins. It also ensures that any design changes are fully reviewed, documented, and approved.
Simplified Acquisition Process with Flexible Contract Vehicles
Our capabilities span DLA-managed procurements, SBIR Phase I–III efforts, and OTA-funded modernization programs. With a variety of both traditional and non-traditional contracting vehicles, Parts Life, Inc.’s contract vehicles stand out for their flexible acquisition strategies, offering a comprehensive range of options for rapid contracting. These vehicles are designed to streamline the procurement process, making it easier and faster for defense and government clients to access the necessary resources and capabilities.
With a focus on agility, customization, and customer requirements, Parts Life, Inc. provides a variety of solutions that can be tailored to meet specific project requirements and timelines. This approach significantly reduces the administrative burden on clients and accelerates response times to critical needs, offering the adaptability to meet the dynamic challenges of modern defense and government operations efficiently.
Prototype Manufacturing and Engineered Support Equipment
Parts Life supports sustainment programs through prototype manufacturing, engineered support equipment development, and manufacturable technical data solutions for obsolete, hard-to-source, and readiness-critical requirements. This includes past performance supporting the Columbia-class submarine program, where Parts Life designed and manufactured a prototype support equipment solution for the Logistics Escape Trunk stand, incorporating operational improvements that allowed the equipment to be moved by forklift while maintaining structural and handling requirements. Through its Prototype Integration Facility, engineering team, and reverse engineering capabilities, Parts Life helps customers move from technical problem to practical, production-ready solution.
Expanding Sustainment Through DeVal Lifecycle Support
As a sister company to Parts Life, DeVal Lifecycle Support expands this sustainment capability into the manufacturing, repair, and remanufacturing of mission-critical support equipment and components. Located in Philadelphia, DeVal brings decades of build-to-print manufacturing experience across armament equipment, aviation ground support equipment, logistics equipment, major assemblies, and platform support hardware. This added capability allows customers to move from engineered solutions and prototype development into production, repair, remanufacturing, and long-term lifecycle support through a connected family of companies focused on fleet readiness and supply continuity.
Meet the Parts Life Team Onsite at LCID & WDI Booth 151
At LCID/WDI, Parts Life is looking to connect with Air Force program and sustainment stakeholders working through DMSMS, supply chain risk, no-bid NSNs, long lead times, repairable gaps, obsolete components, and technical data challenges across priority platforms. Our Vice President of Business Development Jeannie Whitfield will be on-site, as well as Strategic Account Manager Dan Fisher. To book a meeting with Jeannie, click here. To book a meeting with Dan, click here.
About Parts Life, Inc.
Parts Life, Inc. is a certified AS9100D engineering service provider, manufacturer, and alternate source supplier for DMSMS and obsolete replacement components on military systems and subsystems. Our value-added reverse engineering processes address missing or incomplete technical data needed prior to manufacturing. Services, such as R.O.P.E.® (Rapid Obsolescence Planning and Execution) and 5R® (Reverse Engineering, Remanufacturing, Recertify, Repair, Replicate) deliver manufacturable technical data with source approval to manufacture replacement parts. In our Prototype Integration Facility, parts and components are manufactured and tested for form, fit, and function to ensure each piece meets and surpasses OEM requirements.
