The complete technical description of an item sufficient to support procurement, production and sustainment, from drawings and models to specifications. A TDP is what the government buys when it wants the ability to have something made or maintained by someone other than the original manufacturer. Its completeness determines whether that ability is real.

Defense and MIL-STD

TDP

Q: What does TDP stand for?

TDP stands for Technical Data Package. The complete technical description of an item sufficient to support procurement, production and sustainment, from drawings and models to specifications.

The complete technical description of an item sufficient to support procurement, production and sustainment, from drawings and models to specifications.

Definition

What TDP Means

TDP stands for

Technical Data Package

A TDP is what the government buys when it wants the ability to have something made or maintained by someone other than the original manufacturer. Its completeness determines whether that ability is real.

The modern version increasingly centers on the model rather than the drawing, which shifts the authoritative record upstream and makes the relationship between engineering data and publications considerably more direct.

Also written: technical data package

The technical data package audit

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Related Terms

CDRL

The list of data deliverables a government contract requires, each line naming what is delivered, when, in what format, and to what standard.

MBD

The approach where an annotated 3D model, rather than a drawing, is the authoritative definition of a product and the source downstream data derives from.

Data Rights

What the government may do with technical data it receives, split into unlimited, government purpose, limited and restricted categories.

Distribution Statement

The marking on a DoD technical document, lettered A through F, declaring who may receive it and under what conditions.

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