Test program set/document management system

The legacy C-17 Support Equipment Data Acquisition and Control System (SEDACS) was initially designed as a test requirement document (TRD) and test program set (TPS) development system. Its applications have expanded to include word processing for a majority of the C-17 support equipment (SE) deliverable documentation, project management functions, and line-replaceable-unit (LRU) and shop-replaceable-unit (SRU) tracking. While the SEDACS system enabled MDA to support C-17 test and early operation, this legacy SEDACS has some drawbacks. Recently, the SEDACS was upgraded from a host-based Honeywell/Multics mainframe to a new client/server system. The TPS document management system (DMS) was designed to provide the environment to create and edit documents as well as to control their configurations, and it is the first step toward becoming an electronic document management system. The system has increased efficiency and productivity, improved and safeguarded file sharing, and provides better management of document revisions. This TPS DMS was developed using an integrated application software package that runs on IBM PCs. This paper describes how the integrated application software was developed and how the deliverable documents were transferred from the existing mainframe system to the client/server system. The software products identified in this paper were chosen to meet our particular applications requirements and are provided only as examples