Manufacturing · India
Build AS9100 readiness into your everyday operation.
Prepare manufacturing processes, supplier controls and objective evidence for certification and customer assessments, with the scope grounded in what your organisation actually does.
Start with a free 15-minute discussion. Scope and fees follow an assessment.
Suriyavaan supports Indian aerospace, defence, MRO, precision manufacturing, software, and supplier-quality teams with AS9100D, AS9110C, AS9120B readiness, OEM approval preparation, customer-audit recovery, certificate recovery, supplier-quality strengthening, CMMI, DO-178C, DO-254, AS9145 APQP / PPAP, and AS9102 FAI readiness.
Suriyavaan Solutions Pvt Ltd is based in Bangalore, India, with on-site workshops across India. Suriyavaan is not an accredited certification body and does not issue certificates.
What usually goes wrong.
These are the patterns that bring India organisations to an advisory rather than to a certification body.
Certified, but customer approval has stalled
The AS9100D certificate is valid and current, and the OEM or Tier-1 still has not released you as an approved source. The blocker is evidence and process ownership, not the standard.
The same findings keep reopening
Corrective actions were closed on containment rather than systemic cause, so the finding returns at the next surveillance or customer audit - and repeat findings are read as a system that is not in control.
Suspension or withdrawal in play
Major findings, a missed surveillance, or an accumulation of unclosed actions have put the certificate itself at risk. This needs containment and closure on a fixed clock.
AS9102 packages rejected on first delivery
Balloon-to-report traceability incomplete, wrong form for the change type, or an unrecognised re-FAI trigger - a costly way to make a first impression on a new customer.
Process owners cannot defend the system
The quality manager answers every question. An OEM supplier-development team reads that as documentation rather than operation, and it is one of the fastest ways to fail an approval audit.
Sub-tiers approved on relationship
Long-standing sub-tier suppliers used on customer work with no documented approval criteria and no verification evidence on return.
What Suriyavaan can support for India aerospace organisations.
Scope is stated plainly, so you can tell what is inside the practice and what is not.
The full build for aerospace and defence manufacturers: process ownership, risk-based thinking, configuration management, supplier control, FAI discipline, corrective action, internal audit readiness and management review effectiveness.
Certification supports credibility. Approval requires process-owner readiness, evidence retrieval, FAI discipline, supplier control, configuration control, risk management, corrective-action effectiveness and leadership review - tested by a supplier-development team, not a registrar.
Where findings are open, nonconformities repeat, a certificate is at risk of suspension, or supplier approval has stalled. Root-cause clarity, containment, systemic action, evidence closure and sustainment.
Sub-tier approval basis, flow-down of customer and regulatory requirements, verification criteria agreed before work goes out, supplier performance monitoring, and evidence retained on return.
Advanced product quality planning and first article discipline for suppliers entering or scaling within an OEM supply chain - the two areas that most often decide a first delivery.
For aerospace software, avionics and embedded engineering teams, where these frameworks intersect with aerospace quality, customer expectations, engineering discipline, documentation evidence and auditability.
For MSMEs entering defence supply chains: flow-down, traceability, counterfeit-parts controls, record retention and the harder evidence expectations defence primes apply.
Markets, standards and delivery model.
| Market | Standards supported | Buyer types | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | AS9100D, AS9110C, AS9120B | Aerospace manufacturers, defence suppliers, MROs, distributors, software / avionics teams, MSMEs entering global supply chains | Remote diagnostic, on-site workshop by arrangement |
Systems transformation, not template consulting.
Five steps. Each one produces something you keep, and each one is designed around what a customer or registrar will actually test.
Diagnostic
Remote. Where the system actually stands, the most likely blockers to approval, and an honest read on fit - before anyone commits to anything.
Gap Map
Each requirement assessed against evidence that exists, evidence that is claimed, and evidence that is missing. Gaps ranked by what blocks approval first.
30 / 60 / 90-Day Roadmap
A dated plan with named process owners. What must be true at day 30, day 60 and day 90 - not a task list handed to the quality manager.
Process Owner Deployment
Each process owner able to explain their process, its measures, its risks and its recent corrective actions without the quality function answering for them.
Mock Audit & Sustainment
The system tested the way a customer or registrar will test it, then the handover that keeps it working after the engagement ends.
How an international engagement is structured.
| Stage | Offer | Format | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 0 | 15-min International Readiness Diagnostic | Remote | Initial fit check - an honest read on whether this is the right engagement, either way |
| Stage 1 | 2-hour AS91XX / OEM Gap Review | Remote | Serious buyers with known gaps who want them named and prioritised |
| Stage 2 | International Flight Plan Workshop | Remote or on-site | Leadership alignment and a dated route map with named process owners |
| Stage 3 | 90-Day Readiness Sprint | Hybrid | Preparation for a specific customer audit, certification event or approval decision |
| Stage 4 | 6–9 Month Advisory Retainer | Hybrid | Full quality-system transformation through readiness, implementation and sustainment |
Certification is international. Approval in India has its own gatekeepers.
AS9100D, AS9110C and AS9120B are IAQG standards audited by accredited certification bodies. The approvals that actually release work in India sit with Indian authorities, each with its own assessment. This is who they are, what they test, and where the AS91XX system fits under them.
| Authority | What it covers | Who needs it | Where AS91XX fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEMILAC (Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification, DRDO) | Military airworthiness. Type certification and design evaluation of military aircraft, aero-engines, airborne stores, software and electronic hardware under the MoD document DDPMAS, delivered through its Regional Centres for Military Airworthiness (RCMAs). Type approval carries the authority to produce the item under RCMA supervision. | Firms that design, develop, modify or produce airborne items for the Indian Air Force, Navy, Army aviation, DRDO programmes or the DPSUs. | The RCMA samples a working configuration-control, traceability and qualification record. AS9100D, with DO-178C / DO-254 evidence for software and electronics, is what that record is usually built on, but the certificate alone is not the approval. |
| DGAQA (Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance, Department of Defence Production, MoD) | Government quality assurance and final acceptance of military aircraft, UAVs, aero-engines, airborne systems, avionics, armaments and consumables across design, production, repair, overhaul and life extension. DGAQA also approves firms and their quality management systems, and carries out capacity assessment and registration of firms and test laboratories. | Any supplier whose product is accepted by a Government QA representative: direct MoD suppliers, DPSU sub-tiers, repair and overhaul shops on military stores, test laboratories. | DGAQA registration is a capacity and QMS assessment followed by product acceptance on the floor. An AS9100D or AS9110C system gives the evidence structure; what DGAQA tests is whether the inspection, traceability and non-conformance records hold up at acceptance. |
| DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation, under the Ministry of Civil Aviation) - CAR-21 | Civil design and production. CAR-21 governs design organisation approval, production organisation approval and type certification for civil aircraft, engines, propellers and parts, aligned to the EASA Part-21 model. | Civil part and appliance manufacturers, and design houses, that want to release product under their own approval rather than under a customer's. | A CAR-21 production organisation approval is a regulatory approval, not a certification. AS9100D is the usual system underneath it; DGCA audits the organisation, its release procedures and its supplier control directly. |
| MoCA, DGCA and QCI - Drone Rules 2021 | Unmanned aircraft. A drone model needs a Type Certificate before it can be manufactured, imported or operated in India. The prototype is tested by a certification body approved by the Quality Council of India (currently TQ Cert, UL India and Bureau Veritas); DGCA issues the certificate. The rules allow 60 days for the certification body and 15 days for DGCA once the file is complete. | Drone and UAS OEMs, and the parts, motors, batteries, airframe and software suppliers feeding them. | The Type Certificate certifies the design. Repeatable production, configuration control and traceability are what keep an OEM's certificate valid and what its suppliers are audited for. AS9100D-style process ownership is the shortest route to that. |
| DPSU and DRDO vendor registration (HAL, BEL, BDL, DRDO laboratories) | Each Defence Public Sector Undertaking and DRDO laboratory runs its own vendor registration and approval, with capacity assessment, QMS review and, for airborne items, the relevant DGAQA or CEMILAC status. | Firms seeking sub-tier work on Indian military platforms and programmes. | AS9100D is commonly listed as an entry criterion, and the registration audit goes further than the certificate: capacity, special processes, calibration, sub-tier control and records are checked on site. |
| NABL accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025) for test laboratories | Accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories. DGAQA separately approves test laboratories for military stores. | In-house and third-party laboratories supporting material testing, NDT, calibration and environmental tests. | Aerospace customers expect calibration and test results to be traceable to an accredited laboratory. AS9100D clause 7.1.5 is where that traceability is audited. |
India readiness - common questions.
Can Suriyavaan help Indian aerospace and defence MSMEs prepare for AS9100 and OEM approval?
Yes. Suriyavaan supports Indian aerospace, defence, MRO, precision manufacturing, software, and supplier-quality teams with AS9100D, AS9110C and AS9120B readiness, OEM approval preparation, customer-audit recovery, certificate recovery and supplier-quality strengthening. Engagements are sized for MSMEs, not OEM budgets.
What is the difference between AS9100 certification and OEM supplier approval?
AS9100 certification confirms that a quality management system has been assessed against the standard by a certification body. OEM approval usually requires additional customer-specific evidence, process maturity, supplier controls, FAI discipline, configuration management, corrective-action effectiveness, delivery performance, and technical confidence. Many suppliers hold the first and are blocked at the second.
Do you issue the AS9100 certificate?
No - deliberately. Suriyavaan is an independent advisory led by an auditor-practitioner, not a certification body. Building a system and then auditing it for certification would be a conflict of interest. Most clients keep the certification body they already use.
We already hold AS9100D. Is there anything here for us?
That is the most common starting point. Certified suppliers blocked at the customer or OEM approval stage are the core of the practice. The diagnostic identifies whether the blocker is evidence, process ownership, supplier control, FAI discipline or corrective-action history.
How long does AS9100D readiness take?
A manufacturer moving from ISO 9001 to AS9100D typically plans 6–9 months. Recovery work on an existing certified system is usually shorter and more targeted. The route map gives dates after the workshop rather than a guess before it.
What does this cost?
The diagnostic is free. The Flight Plan Workshop is a fixed fee, quoted before you book. Advisory retainers are scoped after the workshop, so you know your actual gaps and the full cost before committing to anything long-term.
Readiness paths for aerospace suppliers in global markets.
Which standard applies, and what a customer expects to see in an audit, changes with the market and the work. Start with the market your approval depends on.
Find out what is blocking approval.
Book a free 15-minute remote diagnostic. You will get an honest read on your readiness, the likely blockers, and the most practical next step - whether or not we work together.
International engagements remote and by arrangement
Your next step
Start with the problem you need to solve.
Bring your current scope, customer requirements and the issue holding progress back.