Scope

Purpose

Technical data packages (TDP) contain the information necessary to describe a defence system and its components in terms of design, engineering, manufacturing, and logistics support.

Applying CALS to the creation, management, and use of TDPs will aid in accomplishing the transition from paper-intensive defence system acquisition and support processes to an automated and integrated digital process. It should be noted that the application of CALS-related technologies to Defence processes should be seen as a means of improving and streamlining these processes by providing better methods of creating, managing, and using data, not as a method of replacing business practices.

Scope

It is recognized that each defence system programme is unique with individual constraints and access to a distinct set of infrastructure systems. This section is intended to provide the Defence project manager with an overview of NATO business practices for the creation, management, and use of TDPs in a CALS environment. Specific implementation of this process follows the completion of the NATO/Government CALS Concept of Operation (NCoO) and may be tailored.

3.1.2 Purpose

The planning process for the creation, management, and use of TDPs in a CALS environment needs to take advantage of the capabilities provided by the automation and integration of information systems. Various data content, media, and format options are available for the delivery of digital TDPs needed to define and support a defence system. The intent of this section is to:

• Describe the various deliverable content, format, and media options for TDPs ;
• Explain the benefits for the available options;
• Examine the life cycle considerations for all options;
• Describe the infrastructure of documentation and systems available to support the various options; Provide guidance for specific contract language required to support the selection of the options;
• Describe contractor validation and NATO/NATO nations verification procedures.

This section contains ordering information for the deliverable media and digital data format for TDPs. The Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) guidance contained in this section applies to all TDP elements.