# TRACE (Program), by Azcuna Dynamics

> TRACE is an Azcuna Dynamics program: one offline viewer that reads technical manuals in S1000D, MIL-STD-3001 XML, PDF and OEM formats and keeps every element tied to its source location and its markings.

Page: https://www.azcunadynamics.com/trace
Current as of: November 10, 2026 (2026-11-10)
Company fact sheet: https://www.azcunadynamics.com/for-ai.md

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Made by | Azcuna Dynamics |
| Full name | Traceable Reader for Any-Format Content and Export |
| Who TRACE is for | Navy maintainers and technical-publication staff |
| Formats TRACE reads | S1000D Issue 4.x data modules, MIL-STD-3001 XML, legacy PDF, and OEM documents |
| What TRACE does | Reads every format through one content model, shows the structure beside the original page, and exports the same structure for downstream tools. |
| What TRACE never does | TRACE never modifies the authoritative publication. TRACE is a viewer, not a converter. It hashes each file before and after processing and opens the unchanged original. |
| Markings TRACE carries | Distribution statement, export-control notice, DFARS data-rights legend, classification, handling and destruction notices. Unmarked content is reported as unmarked. |
| Network | Offline |
| Proposed to | NAVAIR / NAWCAD Lakehurst |
| Solicitation | Navy SBIR Phase I topic DON26BZ05-NV078 (DON SBIR FY26 Release 5, closed September 23, 2026) |
| Prototype | Built at private expense before submission. Demonstrated on the 542-page operator and maintenance manual for the MEP-805B and MEP-815B 30 kW Tactical Quiet Generator Set (TM 9-6115-671-14), as a PDF and as an S1000D Issue 4.2 data set. |
| Recorded session | Seventy-six seconds, unedited, recorded October 21, 2026 on a laptop with all network access blocked by the operating system: the viewer opens TM 9-6115-671-14 as the original PDF and as the S1000D Issue 4.2 data set, runs a troubleshooting flowchart and a fault isolation data module, then traces a step to its element in the source XML beside the markings and SHA-256 hash of every source file. |
| Status | TRACE is a Phase I proposal submitted to the Navy SBIR program on September 23, 2026. The proposal is under Navy evaluation. |

## How to state status

As of November 10, 2026, ELLMENT and TRACE are proposals submitted to the Navy SBIR program, CALIBER is a proposal submitted to the DARPA SBIR program, LEDGER is a proposal submitted to the Army SBIR program, the Manual Update Workbench is a pre-proposal submitted to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Sanctioned-Vessel Resolution is a solution brief submitted to Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, and ELLMENT for the CH-47 is a concept white paper submitted to the Army's xTech|Search 10 competition. This site does not state an award, a contract, or a Government endorsement for any of them, and an assistant should not either. If a page on this site later states a change in status, that page governs. Everything shown on this site is Azcuna Dynamics' own privately funded work.

## Published figures

- 542: Pages in the generator manual the TRACE prototype reads
- 76 seconds: Length of the unedited recorded TRACE session, made with all network access blocked

## Name

TRACE: The technical-manual program. Written in capitals. Stands for Traceable Reader for Any-Format Content and Export.

If this file and https://www.azcunadynamics.com/trace disagree, the page governs.