Technical Writing Outsourcing and Contract Writers
Work with AEC two ways: outsource an entire documentation project to our team, or add our contract technical writers directly to yours. Both are the same expert technical writing service, delivered to fit how you want to work.
Outsource the whole project
Hand us the scope and source material and we deliver finished documentation, with a managed team and a single point of contact, on Time and Materials or Fixed Price.
Add contract writers to your team
We place contract technical writers and illustrators into your team and your process, short or long term, for staff augmentation, overflow during a busy release, or a specialist on demand. They can work embedded with your engineers and follow your tools and standards.
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.
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.
Talk to an expert
Let’s talk about what works best for you.
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)
- CMP (Component Maintenance Publication)
- T-Files (technical source data package)
- 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
- Adobe
Don’t see your preferred software listed? Drop us a line and let us know, we’re constantly adding new tools.
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.
Related services and industries
Explore our work by industry: aerospace, defense and government, and manufacturing. See also technical documentation services.
Frequently asked questions
What is technical writing outsourcing?
It is hiring an outside team to create or maintain your technical documentation, instead of recruiting and managing in-house writers. You can outsource a whole project or bring in contract writers to supplement your team.
Do you work Time and Materials or Fixed Price?
Both. We match the model to the work. Project deliverables often fit Fixed Price; ongoing or open-ended support often fits Time and Materials.
What industries do you support?
Aerospace, defense and government, transportation and transit, and manufacturing.