ALSSYST: Multimedia-enabled Advanced Logistics Support System for Shipboard Use

The operational nature of submarines causes personnel to heavily rely on the available training and technical documentation for shipboard equipment. These technical documents are currently being converted from paper to a structured publishable data format(XML/SGML) and then loaded in object-oriented databases and the Navy's Content Management System (i.e., Evolution from Outstart). The traditional approach of separating technical documentation and training products is impractical for the COTS basedelectronics systems being procured today because frequent (annual) system design changes are being introduced to implement performance improvements. What is needed is an integrated technical documentation and training product that is capable of providinginteractive system operation requirements and just in time operation and maintenance training for complex COTS based electronic systems. This SBIR will create an advanced logistics support system that exploits state-of-the-art multimedia technologies insupport of training and maintenance costs. Rapid cost-effective, training and maintenance of complex equipment through integrated technical instruction and training framework. ALSSYS can be repackaged as a computer-based equipment operation and trainingproduct in vertical commercial markets.