One of the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements. Maintenance Planning and Management establishes maintenance concepts and requirements for the life of the system for both hardware and software. It includes: • Levels of repair • Repair times • Testability requirements • Support equipment needs • Training and Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) • Manpower skills • Facilities • Inter-service, organic and contractor mix of repair responsibility • Deployment Planning/Site activation • Development of preventive maintenance programs using reliability centered maintenance • Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) • Diagnostics/Prognostics and Health Management • Sustainment • PBL planning • Post production software support