Aerospace and Defense

Aerospace and defense organizations generate huge volumes of technical documentation
to market, operate, and service aircraft and other complex products.

SDL solutions enable the efficient creation, maintenance and delivery of technical documentation into multiple languages.

Issues and Challenges

Aerospace and defense companies are under increasing pressure to increase operational efficiency and become more responsive to the needs of the global client.
Yet the complexity of documentation developed by many authors with different authoring systems and spread across numerous markets adds further complexity. For many global aerospace and defense organizations, this has inhibited rapid product and market rollout.

Solutions

Re-use approved technical content and simplify the process of creating technical documentation for aircraft and other complex products
Create content in a way that it can be reused across multiple documents and delivery channels, such as the web, CDs and printed owners and service manuals. Our expertise includes the creation of information in accordance with all common industry standards, such as ATA iSpec 2200 and AECMA 1000D.

Streamline documentation processes and increase operational efficiency
SDL can help you streamline your documentation process to make it more flexible, responsive and cost effective. We can rework your existing content to protect your information investment while giving you access to the benefits of the latest tools and techniques.

Gulfstream

SDL delivered a SGML/XML-based document management and delivery upgrade that supports Gulfstream’s suite of technical publications.

Benefits:

100% improvement in time taken to create new material

Two thirds of documentation now shared between product lines, dramatically reducing labor costs

Solutions used:

SDL Contenta and SDL XPP

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Northrop Grumman

When Northrop Grumman Technical Services won a contract to update technical manuals for the Air Force's venerable E3 AWACS the documentation made up some 300,000 pages of legacy content.

Benefits:

Cost per page cut in half

Quality and timeliness of deliverable documents has improved by 25%

Solutions used:

SDL Contenta and SDL XPP

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Boeing

The NAVSEA Integrated Publishing Process uses SDL solutions to help manage technical information across a range of aircraft including the C-17 and AWACS.

Benefits

Looseleaf capability of SDL XPP ensures technical documentation changes are captured accurately and completely.

Solutions used:

SDL Contenta and SDL XPP

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