IA9100 Certification Path: What to Ask Your Certification Body

Certification to IA9100 is granted by an accredited certification body (CB) operating under the IAQG's aerospace certification scheme. Paradygm Consulting is not a certification body and does not issue certificates. We help organizations prepare; your CB performs the audit and makes the certification decision.

Who is involved

• IAQG — develops the standards and sets the rules of the aerospace certification scheme, including transition requirements.
• Accreditation bodies — accredit CBs to audit within the scheme.
• Certification bodies — audit your organization and issue certificates.
• OASIS — the IAQG's Online Aerospace Supplier Information System, where certificate and audit information for the scheme is recorded.
• Consultants such as Paradygm — help you understand requirements, close gaps and audit internally. Consultants should not be the same people who certify you.

Typical path for an existing AS9100D certificate holder

1. Confirm the official transition rules with your CB once IA9100 is published.
2. Run a gap assessment and implement changes.
3. Operate the updated system long enough to generate records.
4. Complete an internal audit and management review against IA9100.
5. Undergo a transition audit, which your CB may combine with a surveillance or recertification audit.
6. Close any nonconformities within the timeframes set by your CB.
7. Receive your IA9100 certificate and confirm the OASIS record is updated.

Typical path for first-time certification

If you are not yet certified, ask your CB whether it makes sense to certify directly to IA9100 once audits begin (expected from around 1 January 2027). Building to the new standard can avoid a second transition shortly after initial certification.

Questions to ask your certification body

• When will you begin offering IA9100 (or IA9110/IA9120) audits?
• What is the final date by which our transition must be complete?
• Can the transition be combined with our next surveillance or recertification audit?
• How many additional audit days do you expect for the transition?
• What evidence will you expect to see (for example, internal audit and management review against IA9100)?
• How will multi-site or campus structures be handled?
• What happens if we cannot complete the transition before the deadline?
• How and when will our OASIS records be updated?
• How should we refer to our certification status during the transition?

Expected timeline (estimate)

• Late 2026 — expected IA9100 publication.
• Around 1 January 2027 — audits expected to begin.
• Roughly through 2029 — transition window.

These are estimates based on IAQG information as summarized in May 2026 and may change. The IAQG is the authority; your CB confirms what applies to you.

Get ready for your audit

We can help with gap assessments, training and pre-audit internal audits. See also the transition guide and FAQ.

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