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For AS9100 specifically, no — and we're upfront about that. AS9100 certification requires a certification body specifically accredited for aerospace (such as through ANAB or UKAS) with the resulting certificate registered in the OASIS database, which is what aerospace primes actually check. London Cert conducts readiness work and gap assessment directly, and connects you with an appropriately accredited AS9100 certification body for the accredited audit and OASIS registration itself. For ISO 9001 and ISO 45001, we conduct the audit and issue the certificate directly ourselves.

If you're not required to hold OASIS-registered AS9100 (for example, supplying domestic defence programmes rather than aerospace primes), ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 — both issued directly by London Cert — cover quality management and occupational safety, which are often what domestic defence manufacturing tenders actually require.

OASIS (Online Aerospace Supplier Information System) is the aerospace quality industry's central database where accredited certification bodies register AS9100 certificates. Aerospace primes and their qualified supply chains check this database directly to verify a supplier's certification status — a certificate not listed there won't be recognised.

This is often a sensible staged approach. Since AS9100 builds directly on ISO 9001's structure, establishing your quality management foundation with us first isn't wasted work — it directly supports the subsequent AS9100 readiness process.

ISO 9001 alone typically takes 3-5 weeks. Adding AS9100 readiness and accredited-body coordination typically extends the full pathway to 4-8 weeks total, depending on the complexity of your configuration management and process controls.

Yes, for all three standards, given the physical manufacturing processes, quality controls, and safety systems involved.

Cost depends on facility size, which standards you need, and whether AS9100 accredited-body coordination is involved. London Cert offers fixed-price, all-inclusive packages with no hidden fees for our directly-issued work. Contact us for a personalised quote within 24 hours.

Because a certificate that isn't genuinely OASIS-registered by an accredited aerospace body simply won't be recognised by aerospace primes — it would create serious real-world harm for your business during customer supplier audits. We'd rather be honest about the correct pathway than sell you something that doesn't actually work.