AVIATION · SPACE · DEFENCE
We help you Architect, Build and Certify your systems to aerospace standards.
From UAS airframes to flight hardware: connect requirements, process owners and evidence into an AS9100D quality system your team can operate.
Explore AS9100 readinessAirframe, cabin and engine shops: competence, technical records and maintenance process control, built for AS9110 readiness.
Explore AS9110 readinessAircraft parts, metals and composites: source evidence, chain of custody and counterfeit-parts prevention for AS9120 readiness.
Explore AS9120 readinessAdvisory support only. Certification decisions remain with certification bodies.
Services
Gap assessment against the standard, with a ranked closure plan your team can actually execute.
Independent audits run the way a certification body runs them, so there are no surprises on the day.
Lean procedures, controlled documents and records that fit the size of your shop.
FAI, special process control, configuration and supplier oversight set up for traceability.
Who we serve
Move from prototype to flight-grade supply without building a heavy quality department.
Win and keep aerospace work with a system that stands up to customer and CB scrutiny.
Right-sized quality systems. Clear steps, plain language, no consultant jargon.
Approach
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A short readiness diagnostic maps where you stand against the requirements.
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We agree a closure plan with owners, dates and evidence expected.
03
Procedures, records and training put in place with your people.
04
A mock audit confirms readiness before the certification body arrives.
Professional background
Founder & Principal Advisor. Your discussion starts with the person leading the practice.
Former Country Quality Leader and AS9100D & AS9120B Management Representative. Led certification efforts during Boeing India’s organisational expansion.
REPRESENTATIVE READINESS SCENARIOS
Illustrative operational situations informed by Simon’s 25+ years of frontline experience. These are not client case studies, measured results or promises of approval; no confidential client records are shown.
Starting point: An AS9100-certified supplier cannot demonstrate complete purchase-order flow-down, FAI or special-process traceability.
Readiness work: Trace a representative order through AS9102 evidence and source-process records. Assign each confirmed gap to an owner and verify the corrected control on another job.
Evidence to review: Requirement-to-record traceability and unresolved exceptions. Customer approval remains the customer’s decision.
Starting point: Corrective-action paperwork closes, but the operational failure repeats at surveillance.
Readiness work: Establish the process owner, test the proposed root cause and examine whether the revised control works during normal operations.
Evidence to review: Repeat occurrences, overdue actions and effectiveness checks across an agreed sample and review period.
Starting point: A DeepTech startup with fewer than 100 people is planning an Indian defence programme.
Readiness work: Assess the actual design, production and licensed activities before sequencing CEMILAC DOAS, DGAQA AFQMS and SMLDI 2025 requirements where applicable.
Evidence to review: A scoped applicability map, authority interfaces and investment dependencies. Each pathway is assessed separately.
The problem
Documents are only useful when they describe controls that work. Gaps often become visible when your team has to demonstrate the system.
Customer-specific requirements, supplier controls or programme evidence still need to be addressed.
Corrective actions close on paper while ownership, root causes and effectiveness remain unresolved.
Technical records, process controls and team capability struggle to keep pace with everyday work.
Certification audits assess QMS conformity and effectiveness. Customers may also examine programme-specific requirements and supplier approval criteria. Neither outcome is guaranteed by advisory support.
Explore customer approval readinessThe solution
Start with your actual activities and risks. Connect requirements to process owners, strengthen controls, and examine the evidence with the people doing the work.
AS9100 readiness, supplier controls and customer-required production evidence.
Explore manufacturing Maintain & repairAS9110 readiness, competence, technical records and maintenance process control.
Explore MRO Source & distributeAS9120 readiness, source evidence, chain of custody and counterfeit-parts prevention.
Explore distribution Engineer & assureRequirements traceability, configuration control and applicable assurance processes.
Explore software & electronicsStart with AS9100D and the customer’s actual flow-down. Where invoked, connect AS13100 aero-engine QMS supplemental requirements, AS9145 APQP / PPAP and AS9102 First Article Inspection (FAI) to the controls and records your team uses.
INDIAN DEFENCE · APPROVAL READINESS
Bring design assurance, organisational quality and security into the way work is done. Start by confirming which approval route applies to your activities.
Design Organisation Approval Scheme (DOAS) readiness: design assurance, accountable roles and evidence.
Explore readiness support 02 / ASSURANCEAFQMS readiness: connect your quality system, inspection capability and operating evidence.
Explore readiness support 03 / SECURITYScope the Security Manual for Licensed Defence Industries, 2025, and build an owned implementation plan.
Explore readiness supportIndependent preparation and implementation support. Approval scope, eligibility and decisions remain with the relevant authorities.
SuriyaONE · SCOPE-BUILT OPERATING SYSTEM
Operations-integrated Product Lifecycle Management: connect product, people, machines and infrastructure with the evidence behind daily work, from incoming inspection to field-failure causal analysis.
Designed and built for each buyer’s certification scope and operating context. The primary deployment is buyer-controlled and air-gapped for defence environments; an approved cloud variant has limited features. Modules can be commissioned independently or connected across the organisation, with AI capabilities scoped inside the agreed security boundary.
Connected ownership · Traceable decisions · Evidence of exceptions
SPECIAL PROCESSES · SUPPLIERS · SYSTEM INTEGRATORS
Special-process accreditation and programme entry each bring obligations beyond a general quality certificate. Scope the work around your process, supply-chain role and intended market.
Accreditation readiness and ongoing oversight of process controls, evidence, corrective actions and changing customer requirements.
Explore the engagement 02 / SPECIALIST ADVISORYRegulatory navigation, industry benchmarking and organisational readiness for suppliers and system integrators across established and emerging defence markets.
Explore the engagementPractical deliverables
A defined engagement should leave useful outputs in your organisation. The deliverables below are selected and agreed according to your scope. Initial SuriyaONE deployment is included at no additional charge with consulting engagements for any standard in our portfolio; SuriyaONE payments begin after six months of operations. See the service model.
For aero-engine and build-to-print work, agree the applicable AS13100, AS9145 APQP / PPAP and AS9102 FAI scope before selecting deliverables. The customer’s contract determines applicability and revision.
A prioritised view of requirements, current evidence, gaps and next actions.
Clear responsibilities, interfaces and decisions across the operation.
Controls connected to actual orders, sources, records and customer requirements.
AS9102 FAI, AS9145 APQP / PPAP and AS13100 customer-flow-down evidence, or software and electronics assurance support, as relevant to the agreed scope.
Process-owner and internal-auditor development with competence assessed in context.
Checks of corrective actions and evidence, with unresolved items made explicit.
This example shows a possible register format. It is not a client record or a completed assessment.
How it works
Agree the scope before the programme. Your leadership, records and process owners are part of the work, not an audience at the end.
A free initial diagnostic to understand your activities, immediate concerns and fit.
Output: next assessment stepAn agreed workshop or review to establish gaps, priorities and a realistic delivery scope.
Output: scoped roadmapWork with process owners on operating controls, records and capability.
Output: controls your team can operateReview the evidence, effectiveness, remaining actions and ongoing ownership.
Output: readiness review and action registerOptional preparation. Your selections stay on this page until you choose a booking or messaging link. They do not establish readiness.
Simon Kuntam · Principal AdvisorExperience & evidence
Simon brings more than 25 years of frontline experience across industrial automation, aerospace and defence. He has hand-built SuriyaONE and tests its workflows against demanding failure scenarios drawn from that experience.
Founder & Principal Advisor · Bengaluru, India
Former Boeing India Country Quality Leader and AS9100D & AS9120B Management Representative. He led the certification efforts during Boeing India’s organisational expansion.
Suriyavaan applies that experience to aerospace and defence suppliers across South Asia: certification and approval advisory, assurance and appraisal readiness, and operating-system design. SuriyaONE connects the agreed controls and evidence to the buyer’s actual work.
The Boeing India experience describes Simon’s prior employment, not a Suriyavaan client engagement or Boeing endorsement. Supporting professional records and references are subject to availability, confidentiality and permission.
Engagement options
Understand the next commitment before making it. Fees, outputs and delivery assumptions should be agreed for the work involved.
Initial conversation
Free / 15 minutes
Discuss your scope, immediate concerns and the next assessment step.
Define the work
Fixed scope / quoted fee
Establish a gap snapshot, priorities and an agreed roadmap.
Deliver the improvement
Scoped / milestone programme
Strengthen the controls, ownership and evidence your operation needs.
Programme scope, sites, starting maturity, urgency and delivery mode affect fees and duration. Read the terms of advisory service
Frequently asked questions
Clarify the practical details before the first discussion.
Ask a specific questionStart with what you actually do: design/manufacture, maintenance/repair, distribution, or software/electronics. Activities, customer requirements and applicable obligations determine scope. Mixed operations may need more than one path.
It is an initial 15-minute conversation about your activities, concerns and fit. It can clarify a next assessment step; it is not an audit, a complete gap analysis or evidence of readiness.
Bring a short description of your activities and sites, current certification status, relevant customer requirements and immediate concerns. Where practical, include a decision-maker and the quality or engineering lead.
They depend on the agreed activities, sites, starting maturity, urgency, deliverables and delivery mode. Workshop fees are quoted before booking. Programme commitments and any travel or taxes are stated in the quotation.
Yes. A discussion can focus on recurring findings, customer-specific approval evidence, supplier controls, technical records or recovery needs. The required support is scoped from the actual situation.
Initial discussions can be remote. On-site reviews and workshops are arranged according to scope and location. Suriyavaan is based in Bengaluru; international support is remote or by arrangement, with no foreign office implied.
Accredited certification bodies make certification decisions. The relevant customer or OEM decides supplier approval. Suriyavaan provides independent advisory and readiness support and does not guarantee either outcome.
Agree information access and confidentiality arrangements before sharing sensitive records. Client references or client-specific material depend on availability and permission. Read our privacy policy and service terms.
Your next step
Bring your activities, certification status and immediate concern. Start with a focused conversation about what to assess next.
Bengaluru, India
Remote and on-site support by arrangement.
Advisory support only. Certification and customer approval decisions remain with their respective bodies.
