This paper describes the concept of linking automated authoring tools such as the eXperimental Advanced Instructional Design Advisor (XAIDA) with electronic technical data. The ultimate goal of the research is to significantly reduce, as much as possible, the need for human intervention in the creation of computer-based training courseware. Weapon system developers are required to provide DOD agencies with technical information about systems they develop. System developers routinely conduct costly analyses which result in voluminous data such as task analyses, technical manuals, graphics art, and other documentation that could be used for training. Recently, DOD specified that data be delivered in electronic format sometimes called Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs). Later in a system's life-cycle when training courseware is developed, paper documents derived from the IETMs are frequently used as a basis for creating computer-based training courseware - also in electronic format. By utilizing the IETM data originally created by the weapon system developer several benefits can accrue to DOD. They can: 1) achieve true concurrency in training by establishing a dynamic link between weapon system documentation and the training that supports it; 2) reduce or eliminate the need for paper-based documentation of the training development process as specified by ISD; 3) simplify the long logistics trail following the acquisition of weapon systems; 4) streamline the ISD process; and 5) save costs as a result of the decreased amount of time and manpower needed to create and maintain the courseware and audit trail of support documentation required for weapon system training programs.