Cooperating for Capability
Life Cycle Management – The Key Enabler from Investment to Combat Power
Date: 20/21 January 2026
Chaired by:
Thomas E. Pedersen (Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation – DALO) and
Andreas Kirchhofer (Global Head of System Life Cycle Management)
The 21th NATO Life Cycle Management Conference (LCM) will take place in Brussels from January 20 to 21, 2026. The conference will host more than 100 participants from all over the world and the different areas of Life Cycle Management.
The programme has now been finalised (s. below) – and we are looking forward to many interesting presentations from top-class speakers!
Don’t miss the event, a cooperation of Mittler Report Verlag with the NATO Life Cycle Management Group – supported by the NATO Industrial Advisory Group’s (NIAG) Industrial Interface Group (NIIG) – again at Holiday Inn Brussels Airport.
The early bird price is only valid until 15 October. Register now to take advantage of this reduced price.
Scope of the Conference
The last year has seen nations across Europe scramble to increase their military capabilities, strength and readiness against a backdrop of emerging threats, uncertainties, and reevaluation of existing relationships. Speed is of essence, and ambitious plans and investments of heretofore unseen dimensions are being announced. New partnerships and modes of cooperation are being formed, and old ones are reinforced and reinvigorated, between governments, and between governments and industry.
Operational Availability of Systems is one of the key elements of NATO’s Life Cycle Management objectives. Standardization is a means to achieve Interoperability between and among NATO nations and its industries. NATO AC/327 is following and building standardization on ISO/IEC 15288 and additional widely accepted international standards and specifications. NATO’s AAP-20, AAP-48 as well as following standards, like ALP-10 provide a framework to support the whole life cycle of a systems and systems of systems / systems of sub-systems in an optimized and interoperable way.
Clear interfaces between stakeholders can be defined to set up and implement interoperability on maintenance & support level in additional to interoperability on capability level, next to ensuring quality, analyze life cycle costs, include engineering and configuration management, and to setup and support business models.
The conference looks at how these plans and investments turn into actual combat power in the hands of the warfighter.
Program NATO LCM Conference 2026
Contact
For any further questions please do not hesitate to contact the organiser.
Mittler Report Verlag GmbH
Beethovenallee 21
53173 Bonn
Service
Phone: +49 (0)228-3500-880
Fax: +49 (0)228-3500-871
Email: lcm@mittler-report.de
Your contact persons
Location:
The next conference will take place in the spacious meeting room of the Holiday Inn Brussels Airport
Should the conference have to be cancelled the liability of Mittler Report Verlag is limited to the delegate fee.
By registering, you agree that Mittler Report Verlag may use the photos and film material taken before, during or after the event in both online and print format for press and public relations purposes for an unlimited period of time. If you do not agree to the recording and publication of pictures of yourself, please notify the organizer immediately at the beginning of the event. You will then be assigned separate places.
HOLIDAY INN BRUSSELS AIRPORT
Holidaystraat 7
1831 Brussels
Belgium
Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8845,4.4414,19z?entry=ttu
The hotel offers special rates of 181 € a night/p. person for conference delegates and speakers. These prices include breakfast, parking and/or free shuttle bus to/from the airport and free use of WLAN and sport facilities. The accommodation has to be registered and paid individually.
Prices
Early-Bird until 15th of October
Commercial Participants
- 1st Participant: € 975
- 2nd Participant: € 930
- 3rd Participant ff.: € 890
(plus 21 % Belgian VAT)
Government Armed Forces
- 1st Participant: € 375
- 2nd Partcipant: € 325
- 3rd Participant: ff. € 290
(plus 21 % Belgian VAT)
Registration
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