Defense and Space
Some of the world’s most sophisticated and complex equipment is developed for the defense and space industries. In these environments, mission-critical responsiveness and compliance with information standards, and security and safety regulations are of utmost importance.
The complexity and mission-critical nature of defense and space equipment demands a higher degree of excellence and attention to detail when it comes to development and support of engineering designs.
Also, the need to produce equipment support documentation can be a significant source of overall program support costs. Manufacturers can no longer cost-effectively support these complex products using traditional paper-based publications. In the interest of safety, efficiency, and security, the demand for more sophisticated tools for accessing engineering and technical product support information continues to increase.
CDG supports defense and space companies with a broad range of solution options to address the engineering and technical support issues unique to this industry. CDG can become an extension of your engineering and support teams by helping to:
- Develop sophisticated engineering designs for defense and space equipment to support high-demand, mission-critical environments
- Create accurate and high quality technical publications to support end users of complex equipment
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and data security requirements
- Distribute technical information using leading edge technology tools
- Achieve cost benefits by applying standardization to delivery and management of technical data
- Analyze and evaluate parts provisioning requirements based on equipment usage models
Some of CDG's services and solutions supporting the aviation, defense and space industries include:
- Engineering Design Services
- Technical Publications Services
- S1000D™ Standards Consulting Services
- Engineering Data Conversion Services
- Parts Data Management Services
- Digital Imaging / Document Scanning and Indexing – paper, microfilm/fiche, blueprints, engineering drawings, aperture cards, more
- Engineering Document Management Solutions
- Content Management Tools (including IETM – Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Delivery Solutions)
- Lean Process Improvement Advisory Services
CDG has a long history as a leading service provider to the defense and space industries. For 40 years, CDG has been the world’s recognized leader in the preparation of illustrated parts catalogs (IPCs) and related provisioning data for the majority of the commercial aviation industry. Today, CDG continues to be responsible for technical authoring, management, and distribution of illustrated parts catalogs for all Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas commercial aircraft worldwide. CDG also supports a number of U.S. and foreign military programs with the Data Renaissance Suite™ toolsets for delivery and management of leading-edge interactive electronic technical publications and wiring troubleshooting tools.
For more information on our defense and space solutions, contact us.

More Information
- CDG At A Glance Brochure (PDF)
- Engineering Design Services Datasheet (PDF)
- Technical Publications Datasheet (PDF)
- S1000D™ Services Datasheet (PDF)
- Data Renaissance Suite™ Brochure (PDF)
- CDG Lean Advisory Services Datasheet (PDF)
- Secure On-Demand™ Datasheet (PDF)
- Digital Imaging and Engineering Conversion Services Brochure (PDF)
- Request White Paper: What You Should Know About S1000D™
- Request White Paper: S1000D™ – An Overview
- Case Studies, White Papers, Other Resources
