Proposed Draft Military Specification for Quality Assurance (QA) ProgramRequirements for Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs)

摘要

This Report summarizes recent activities in the Department of Defense and in theUS Navy, Army, and Air Force to establish Service use of Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) as replacements for paper Technical Manuals for logistics support of military equipment. The IETM concept is described, and an overview is provided of five IETM acquisition Specifications and Military Handbooks developed by the Tri-Service Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Working Group established in 1989 by the Defense Quality and Standardization Office. One of these five draft documents, MIL-M-IETMQA, Quality Assurance (QA) Program Requirments for Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) and Associated Technical Information, 1 Jun 1990, is described and presewnted. (Four other companion reports have been prepared to introduce and describe the four related IETM acquisition specifications and handbooks.) (RH)