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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31 - A government and industry technical team was recognized by the Defense Department recently for its role in the development of international specifications for the format and structure of electronic technical manuals. The 2003 Honorary Defense Standardization Program (DSP) Achievement Award was presented to the Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) Industry Specification Team by DoD's Standardization Program Office at its annual conference in March. The IETM team is composed of an AIA appointed industry representative, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, and the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command. The award recognized the team's three year effort to create an international specification (S1000D) meeting the needs of the Defense Department. AIA members and the Tri-Service IETM Technology Working Group managed a contingent of U.S. government and defense representatives who worked with their European counterparts to expand European aeronautical specifications into one that meets Defense Department requirements for air, sea, and land environments. Denny Raitz, one of five team members honored, led the AIA-designated project to study and develop the S1000D specification for U.S. use. Many AIA member companies have representatives involved in the continued evolution of the specification for wide-spread international application. "This effort is remarkable in its substantial technical achievement, and in development of a sustained support structure to improve and maintain this specification over its life cycle," said AIA President and CEO John W. Douglass. An international memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by AIA and the European Aerospace Industry Association to maintain this specification, while at the same time providing liaison with both Defense Department and U.K. Ministry of Defence customers. Douglass said that suppliers and users of military equipment will realize substantial savings from sharing the costs of maintaining a specification. He said savings will accumulate not only from reducing the cost of future technology updates but from cutting costs for the way changes in IETMs are developed and maintained in commercial as well as military applications. He also said that our allied and coalition partners expect to achieve major benefits from meeting interoperability objectives through the use of this international specification. Detailed program history and accomplishments can be found in the international Defense Standardization Program Journal at www.dsp.dla.mil/newsletters/journal/DSPJ-03-03.pdf
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