Technical Writing Services

AEC has been a trusted leader in the creation of technical documents for over three decades. Our staff of experts create documents for leading manufacturers covering a multitude of electrical, mechanical, systems, and software applications. Our experts include technical writers, technical illustrators, former mechanics, technicians, engineers, software developers, editors, and inspectors. We can write documentation to many specifications, both commercial and military, and AEC is ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified.

AEC offers consulting on all aspects of your technical writing needs. Our Subject Matter Experts (SME) have in-depth knowledge of industry requirements and processes, and act as a stakeholder in your process–playing a critical role in defining customers’ needs, requirements, and supporting software.

AEC has in-house and on-call writers and illustrators with significant technical knowledge in various industries, including aircraft, transportation, defense, maintenance, operations, avionics, electronics, mechanical systems, structures, engineering, and more. This depth of knowledge allows us to author many types of technical instructions and data.

We create documents that are technically accurate, visually appealing and compliant within your specifications. We can help customers determine the type of manual to create based on what a customer is trying to accomplish and communicate. We can use industry standard formats and specifications or create custom layouts and designs.

Writing & Illustrating Formats

We’re experts at publishing in FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign and Penant’s suite of S1000D software–with tens of thousands of technical documents published. We utilize custom apps to maximum our efficiency, including custom plug-ins for FrameMaker, Word, and Excel.

Our illustrators come from a multitude of backgrounds and have decades of combined experience with different illustration techniques, including hand-drawn, orthographic, isometric and 3D. We can handle different types of vector and raster images, and are experienced with many illustration and CAD design software packages, including IsoDraw, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, CATIA, Inventor, Solid Works, CorelDraw, and many more.

Aviation Maintenance and Certification

AEC has tremendous expertise with aviation maintenance, including fixed wing, rotorcraft, piston, turbine, avionics, electronics, mechanical, systems, structures, instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA/ICAW), airworthiness limitations, scheduled maintenance, electrical wiring, and more. We’re FAA CFR experts, and we can help companies understand how these regulations affect their aircraft and component certifications.

S1000D & ATA iSpec-2200 Specifications

We’re experts with the ATA 100, iSpec-2200, and S1000D specifications. These specifications provide guidance on how to assemble, format, and publish technical information in formats that are universally accepted in the aerospace industry. We’re adept at determining which portions of the specifications are critical and helping our customers avoid costly adherence when unnecessary.

Solutions For You
  • Writers fully integrated with your team within your IT systems
  • Expert autonomous team dedicated to your projects, managed by us
  • Fixed bid projects
  • Time and material contracts
Technical Document Authoring
  • Preventative Maintenance Instructions
  • Maintenance Manuals
  • Operator Guides
  • Installation Manuals
  • Troubleshooting Instructions
  • Flight Manuals
  • User Guides
  • Service Bulletins
  • Owner Manuals
TC. STC. TSO. and PMA Certification Support
  • Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA)
  • Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM)
  • Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC)
  • EWIS ICA – Electrical Wiring Interconnection System ICA
  • Time Limits / Maintenance Checks (TLMC)
  • Maintenance Planning Document (MPD)
  • Airworthiness Limitations (AWL)
  • Wiring Diagram Manual (WDM)
  • Component Maintenance Manual (CMM)
  • Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM)
  • Flight Crew Operation Manual (FCOM)
Some of the software we’ve utilized:
  • Adobe
    • FrameMaker
    • InDesign
    • Illustrator
    • Acrobat
    • Photoshop
  • Microsoft Word
  • Pennant R4i S1000D Product Suite
  • PTC
    • Arbortext
    • Isodraw
  • Corel
    • Corel Draw
    • Corel Designer
  • Autodesk
    • Autocad
    • Inventor
    • Revit
  • Solidworks
  • CATIA

Don’t see your preferred software listed? Drop us a line and let us know, we’re constantly adding new tools.

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Other Technical Publication Services
  • Legacy (content) conversion
  • Illustrations conversion
  • Illustrations and Exploded Views
  • Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs)
  • Interactive 3D PDF manuals
Manual Sample
Aircraft Maintenance Manual – Supplement (AMM-S)

View a sample of an actual published aerospace technical manual that was produced by AEC.


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