Standards
ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) Maintenance Group
The Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG) is an international group of representatives who maintain and update the STE specification which gives rules, a dictionary of approved words and underlying principles to produce technical documentation that is clear, concise, accurate and translatable. Ciaran Dodd is the UK’s representative on the STEMG.
Standards Coordination Working Group
From a UK perspective, this working group is focused on the development of international standards and specifications which address ‘Information sharing related to Support’.
This includes but is not limited to the S-Series suite of Integrated Product Support (IPS) specifications and the NATO AP10 IPS standard.
Julian Dayment is the TD-Info lead for this Working Group
Integrated Product Support IPS Council
The IPS Council, chaired by TD-Info, brings together European and USA organisations to collaborate in the development, maintenance and promotion of the ASD/AIA S-Series IPS specifications.
Simplified Technical English (STE) Support Team UK (STEST-UK)
The STEST-UK has representatives from leading UK organisations that use STE. The role of the STEST-UK is to represent UK changes and recommendations to the STEMG and share developments in STE to UK organisations.
Events
Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.
TD-Info Knowledge Management Community of Practice
The Knowledge Management Community of Practice will be holding a Face to Face meeting on Tuesday 14th July 2026 This meeting will be held in person at: TD-Info Office 6a Pinkers Court Briarlands Office Park Rudgeway BS35 3QH If you have any questions regarding this...
ICEF/Information Security Forum
This meeting will cover the agendas for both the ICEF and the Information Security Forum. The ICEF fulfils two roles: it represents the interests of industry consumers of MOD information and, secondly, acts as an advisory change management board for those users of MOD...
Executive Group Team Meeting
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group. This is a...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
TD-Info Futures: Summer 2022 Update
A New Brand Team Defence Information (TD-Info), ‘Research, Technology, and Innovation’ (RTI) is now simply ‘Futures’. This change aligns with our MOD network, better reflects our breadth of interests and describes our focus – future capability, support, and...
Futures Coherence Board ToRs
Futures Coherence Board As the scope of work increases and common thematic areas cut across there is a need for reactivate to be cohered. To support this endeavour a new coherence board has been establsihed. Draft copy of the Terms of Defence can be downloaded from...
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) Futures Lab – Expeditionary Water Generation and Recycling
Instructions 1. If your organisation has any experience in the following capabilities, please contact the Futures Lab team by submitting a response to this EOI: FsLabProcurement@qinetiq.com Experience and capability required: Water generation...