The aviation, space, and defense quality management system standard published by SAE International, required by all major aerospace OEMs for supply chain entry.
AS9100.
AS9100 is published by SAE International (the Society of Automotive Engineers, now SAE International). It is developed by the Americas Aerospace Quality Group within the broader International Aerospace Quality Group, which includes parallel publication as EN 9100 in Europe by the European Aerospace Quality Group and as JISQ 9100 in Japan. The current edition, AS9100D, was released September 20, 2016. It superseded AS9100C and incorporates ISO 9001:2015 verbatim, layered with aerospace-specific clauses on configuration management, product safety, counterfeit parts prevention, awareness, design and development outputs, special requirements, critical items, key characteristics, post-delivery support, product realization planning, and on-time delivery performance.
Two companion standards address related supply-chain categories. AS9110 applies to maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations and aviation maintenance providers. AS9120 applies to stockist distributors of aerospace components. The IAQG Industry Controlled Other Party (ICOP) certification scheme governs the accreditation and audit process. Certification bodies must be accredited by an IAQG-recognized accreditation body and auditors must hold AEA (Aerospace Experienced Auditor) qualification through the IAQG Other Party Management Team. Certifications are recorded in the IAQG OASIS database, which is the authoritative public record of accredited aerospace QMS certifications worldwide.
The substantive aerospace additions to ISO 9001 are extensive. Configuration management requires baseline identification, change control, status accounting, and verification across the product lifecycle. Product safety requires hazard analysis, risk assessment, and traceability of safety-critical items. Counterfeit parts prevention requires supplier qualification, traceability, inspection, and reporting in alignment with SAE AS5553 (electronic components) and AS6174 (materiel). Special-process control requires qualified personnel, validated equipment, validated parameters, and qualified non-destructive testing per Nadcap. First Article Inspection follows AS9102. These overlays make AS9100 substantively more demanding than ISO 9001.
For a foreign manufacturer entering the US aerospace supply chain, AS9100 certification is the binding procurement gate. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, GE Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney, and Honeywell all require AS9100 for production supplier qualification, with flow-down to Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers on the commodities they touch. The certification is reciprocally recognized: an EN 9100 certificate from a French, German, Italian, or UK body is the same standard with the same audit scheme, and is accepted by US OEMs without additional certification. The work that remains is the OEM-specific Approved Supplier List application, which includes ITAR or EAR classification of the supplied articles, technical capability survey, financial review, and first-article inspection under AS9102.
A foreign supplier without AS9100 is not read by US aerospace procurement. The certificate is the floor. Where the supplied items also fall under ITAR or EAR, export-control posture sits alongside AS9100 as a parallel admissibility test.
AS9100 sits on the aerospace trajectory in the Operators entering the US book, on the Answers hub for foreign aerospace suppliers, and on the Knowledge pillar on cross-border defense and dual-use procurement. The presentation work covers how the firm names its AS9100 or EN 9100 certification, its OASIS listing, its Nadcap special-process approvals where applicable, and its OEM Approved Supplier List status on US-facing surfaces. The certification work belongs with the firm's quality function and an IAQG-accredited certification body.
Global Marketing Agency does not provide AS9100 implementation, audit, certification, or Nadcap accreditation services. Those activities belong to the firm's quality function and an IAQG-accredited certification body. GMA works on how the firm's certifications and aerospace supply-chain posture are presented, sequenced, and read on US-facing surfaces.