15 -- THE AIRCRAFT STORES INTERFACE MANUAL (ASIM) AIR FORCE SEEK EAGLE OFFICE ISSUING VERSION 2.0 OF AIRCRAFT STORES INTERFACE MANUAL. The Aircraft Stores Interface Manual (ASIM) is an Allied Ordnance Publication controlled under North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standardization agreements. The purpose of ASIM is to aid in the planning, designing, and testing of new aircraft and munitions, and to assist in the adaptation and certification of existing stores and munitions for new aircraft. The manuals are intended for tri-Service use within the US Department of Defense, use by NATO defense organizations, and by U.S. and NATO defense-related private industry. The ASIM is the most comprehensive collection of aircraft, stores, and suspension equipment engineering drawings available. The content of ASIM was converted from paper to electronic format on a single CD-ROM in Version 1.0, published in March 1998. The new Version 2.0 has upgraded program execution and refined data and enhancements. In program execution there have been search engine enhancements and ASIM documentation has been converted to HTML format. In the area of data additions and conversion, additional aircraft and stores have been added, all drawings are now at 1/16 scale, and drawings have been converted from raster to vector format. Scanned photos and/or 3-D shaded renderings of aircraft are also being added to the database. And in the area of data setup and installation, the user can now add a user-drawn weapon to an existing ASIM aircraft drawing through the addition of an enhanced 2-D CADDRAW software capability in the included drawing software. The following NATO aircraft types are represented in the ASIM database: A-10, A-3, A-37, A-4, A-6, A-7, AV-8 Harrier, Sea Harrier, Harrier II, T-28, F-100, F-101, F-104, RF-104, F-105, F-106, F-111, RF-111, FB-111, F-117, F-14, F-15, F-16, F/A-18, F-35 Draken, F-4, RF-4, F-5, F-8, RF-84, Alpha Jet, AMX, Etendard IV, G-91, Hawk, Jaguar, MB-339, Mirage F-1, Mirage 2000, Mirage III, Mirage V, Super Etendard, Tornado, Viggen, B-1B, B-26, B-52, B-58, B-66, C-130, U-6, L-19, O-1, O-2, OV-10, P-2, P-3 Orion, CP-140 Aurora, PC-9, S-3, Nimrod, Breguet Atlantic BR1150, H-1, H-2, H-3, H-14, H-21, H-37, H-46, H-47, H-53, H-58, H-60, S-70 Seahawk, H-64, H-124, Chinook, Lynx, Sea Lynx, Sea King Wasp, and Aero Spatiale AS550. A full spectrum of NATO unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and stores, and store support equipment such as pylons, racks, launchers and etc. is also represented. ASIM Version 2.0 is being distributed to users on a per year subscription basis for $300.00, with annual CD-ROM updates. The ASIM program can be reviewed and ordered on the internet at http://www.eglin.af.mil/afseo/titlepg.htm by pressing the Programs button, and answers to questions about subscriptions to Version 2.0 are available by contacting afseo@eglin.af.mil. Subscriptions are intended for tri-Service use within the US Department of Defense, use by NATO defense organizations, and by U.S. and NATO defense-related private industry. NATO defense-related private industry would order subscriptions through the applicable Ministry of Defense. The AF SEEK EAGLE Office points of contact are: Captain Charles Leonard at (850) 882-9811x3213 and Mr. Stanley Zalace at (850) 882-9812x3208. WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=S&;ProjID=Reference-Num ber-ASIM-B2&LocID=1182. E-MAIL: Patty Uhrig, uhrigp@eglin.af.mil. Posted 11/18/99 (D-SN401997).

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