Expertise
Test & Evaluation (T&E), Program Management, Research & Development
Profile
Lieutenant Colonel Lori Foringer, USAF (Ret), is a proven leader with a history of directing high-performing teams as a program manager and flight test engineer. She has over 20 years of active duty USAF research, development, test, and acquisition experience in fighters, weapons, and unmanned platforms.
Significant Career Accomplishments
Directed development, procurement, and fielding of $3B in F-15E Strike Eagle modernization programs including the Radar Modernization Program (RMP) and multiple operational flight program (OFP) suites.
Directed critical homeland air defense testing, managing team of 100+ across multiple organizations—executed $400K program in six months despite hurricane-damaged test site.
Key to success of Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS) which has been credited with saving multiple lives since F-16 implementation.
Key Positions
Director of Test Operations, ISR Systems, AFLCMC/WI
Chief, Program Execution Group, AFLCMC/WW
Material Leader, F-16 Program, F-16 Division, AFLCMC/WWM
Chief, Strike Eagle Team, F-15 Division, AFLCMC/WWQ
Education
MS, Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami
Experimental Flight Test Engineer, USAF Test Pilot School
Air War College
Program Management (PMT 401), Defense Acquisition University
