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IPS Foundry exists because of a pattern that repeats across the defense supply chain: a company wins its first contract from a prime, the statement of work requires "ILS/IPS-compliant" deliverables, and nobody in the building has seen an ILS plan, an IPL, or a training needs analysis before. The standards are hundreds of pages long, consultants are priced for primes, and the deadline was yesterday.

The material here is written by a practicing integrated product support engineer, from public standards and general professional knowledge, in the plainest language the subject allows. No marketing gloss — just what each requirement means, what a credible deliverable looks like, and templates that give you a defensible starting point.

Independent publication. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, ASD, AIA, any standards body, or any employer. All content is produced from publicly available sources.

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