The ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English standard is from the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).
This standard assists technical writers to write Component Maintenance Manuals (CMMs) for
Air, Land, Sea and Space vehicles in clear, concise English.
The S1000D documentation specification is mandated for NATO
interoperability, standardization and safety.
Ask us about the S1000D and ASD-STE100 Standards.
Many government agencies and companies, including Australian Defence Forces (ADF), FAA, USAF, DoW, Space Force, US Navy, Coast Guard, NATO, Boeing and Airbus require the use of STE. The mission
is to make sure technical content is clear, concise, accurate and easy to read. The used of STE prevents ambiguity that can cause expensive human error.
The MAXit Checker uses 19,000+ AI rules (interfences) to check for STE compliance.
Simplified Technical English (STE) is a global standard to write Component Maintenance Manuals (CMM)
mandated by the FAA, EASA and other regulatory agencies.
The use of STE is part of iSpec ATA2200 and S1000D, mandated by all airlines in 149 countries.
The MAXit Checker
checks for grammar, style and STE compliance.
The SMART team assisted Northop Grumman E-2D team to develop a technical dictionary for this unique Radar Command and Control aircraft. The US Navy mandates that maintenance documentation must be in Simplified Technical English for clarity, efficiency and interoperability. The MAXit Checker for Arbortext checks documentation in .xml and S1000D format for grammar, style and STE compliance.
The SMART team used the SMART Text Miner to adapt STE for Textron Aviation and US Army uncrewed Shadow drone. SMART was awarded U.S. Army excellence challenge coins (shown left). The MAXit Checker checks for grammar, style and STE compliance.
The SMART team developed a specialized dictionary of eVTOL and rotary terms from sources that include NATO, U.S. Army, FAA, EASA and others. This technical dictionary has 8,500 terms and includes the STE core vocabulary. The MAXit Checker checks for grammar, style and STE compliance.
The use of STE will standardize future AUKUS engineering documentation across global teams. The MAXit Checker checks for grammar, style, engineering standards, nuclear safety and STE compliance.
The shipbuilding industry uses either the S1000D or the Shipdex standard. The benefits for multinational shipbuilding includes standardization of engineering terminology. The MAXit Checker checks both standards for grammar, style, vocabulary, .xml structure and STE compliance.
SMART developed a Controlled English version of STE for the US Satellite Control Network. The dictionary includes terms for LEO Satellites, network operations, telemetry, mission success and risk management. The objective of the simplification is to prevent ambiguity and expensive human error.
Our S-Series experts have many years of experience in Aerospace and Defense documentation standards. The standards include
S1000D, Shipdex, ATA2200, ASD-STE100, STANAG 4586, MIL-STD-40051E, DO-178C,
.xml, .dita, .sgml, IETM and ITAR compliance.
The SMART team offers services to convert MIL-STD-40051 to S1000D.
The curated dictionaries in the MAXit Checker are ideal to write Safety Management documents for eVTOLs, electrical propulsion systems, air navigation, flight operations and airline customer experience.
An audit version of the MAXit Checker uses AI rules to read and redact text for ITAR and EAR compliance. The
Sherlock version scans .xml documentation
and automatically redacts (hides) classified information.
Technical content written in STE can use advanced AI-powered language translation tools for fast, accurate translation at a lower cost. Some final edit is needed.
Bilingual IETMs can solve the global shortage of approved MRO aviation technicians. Refer AI Language Translation
tools and sample.
STE is proven ideal for content of Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) distributed to global users. We are partners with Adobe (FrameMaker), Microsoft (Word), IBM (WatsonX, Docling, DOORS), Captiva, PTC (Arbortext Editor), Nvidia (CUDA, C++, C#, Linux and Python).
Click a version to download or view (.pdf) Data Sheet.
The Starter Kit is ideal for proof of concept to test STE.
The kit includes one MAXit license, STE dictionary (Issue 9) and starter technical dictionary from the SMART library.
All dictionaries are easy to customize and scalefor production.
