Sonovision USA

Sonovision USA is a technical publication services company based in Phoenix, Arizona. It serves aerospace, military and commercial customers across North America. The company is the American subsidiary of Sonovision Canada, which is part of the Sonovision Group. The Sonovision Group is part of the ORTEC Group, an engineering organisation with about 10,000 employees.

Sonovision Canada has worked in technical documentation since 1989. The Sonovision Group has provided technical publication services for more than 65 years. Sonovision USA says it has been a partner of choice for government and industry in developing and managing technical publications.

The company manages full technical publication projects and programs, from production and conversion through to management. Its publications include instructions for continued airworthiness, aircraft maintenance manuals, aircraft operational and flight manuals, illustrated part catalogues, wiring and schematic manuals, troubleshooting manuals, structural repair manuals, component maintenance manuals and service bulletins.

Service lines include S1000D publication solutions and conversion, technical authoring and illustrating, interactive electronic technical manuals, technical data conversion and publishing. The company also produces type certificate and supplemental type certificate publications.

Engineering support includes integrated logistics support, MSG-3 reliability studies, design and production of ground support equipment, and courseware development. The team works to ATA 100, ATA iSpec 2200, S1000D, S2000M, MIL-SPEC and US Department of Defense documentation standards.

The production team includes project and program managers, technical writers, illustrators, editors, desktop publishers and translators. The company says it can draw on more than 1,600 team members and subject matter experts around the globe for larger programs.

The company shows AS9100 and ISO 9001 certification logos on its website. It was awarded a major Honeywell technical publications contract in 2017. In 2023 it was a major sponsor at the S1000D and S-Series IPS User Forum.

Services

• Technical publications management
• S1000D authoring and conversion
• Technical authoring and illustration
• Interactive electronic technical manuals
• Data conversion and publishing
• Type certificate and STC publications
• Integrated logistics support
• MSG-3 reliability studies
• Ground support equipment design
• Courseware development