IA9100 is the new name for AS9100, the aerospace, space, and defense quality management standard. The International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) is rebranding the standard as IA9100, where “IA” stands for International Aerospace, reflecting the goal of publishing a single, unified global document rather than separate regional versions. AS9100:2016 Rev. D
Here’s what’s is rumored so far. Bear in mind that, as of the time of writing the standard has not been released and requirements, clause numbering and exact wording can still shift until formal publication.
IA9100 is the next revision of AS9100. IAQG is anxious to publish IA9100, due to aerospace, space and defense industry needs; however, they are doing their best to wait for the release of ISO 9001:2026 so that they can maintain alignment between the two standards.
The IAQG is rumored to be planning a two-stage rollout. They plan two stages of updates: a limited update to manage urgent industry needs, as well as a comprehensive update once ISO 9001:2026 is published, likely between September to December 2026. The first “limited release,” focuses on tightening requirements such as responsibility and authority for ensuring product/service conformity, and oversight. While this could potentially result in some companies performing two transitions, it is expected that a 2 or 3 year transition period will be provided, allowing companies who plan their transitions well to transition their entire QMS all at once.
Note this revision isn’t just IA9100 in isolation—the IAQG is conducting comprehensive revisions of the whole series: AS9100, AS9110, and AS9120, plus AS9145.
Key Rumored Changes:
The revision will preserve the hallmark aerospace clauses—product safety, configuration management, and counterfeit parts prevention—while modernizing supplier management and digital assurance.
Because IA9100 sits on the ISO 9001 structure, it carries forward that revision’s themes: stronger emphasis on quality culture and ethical conduct, with leadership expected to do more than sign a policy statement. The “IA” revision introduces a stronger focus on ethics, cybersecurity, and system-wide consistency.
Predictive, data-driven quality is one of the bigger sector-specific shifts. Emphasis will be placed on validating processes with data-driven decision making, required for Key Product Characteristics, Statistical Process Control, Measurement System Analysis, comprehensive control plans, design of experiments, and process capability studies. The direction is toward systems that predict and control outcomes rather than just validate processes after the fact.
Additional cybersecurity and information security requirements are expected. Likely changes include new information security clauses and stronger counterfeit parts controls, reflecting broader industry convergence with cybersecurity frameworks like CMMC/NIST in the defense supply chain.
Human factors and “work environment” evidence is expected to become more specific, addressing aerospace quality failures that are often human-system failures—fatigue, confusing work instructions, poor tool control, inadequate lighting or layout, and rushed handoffs.
Supply chain resilience becomes more important in an industry struggling to source materials on time. Second sourcing, supplier continuity, counterfeit avoidance, and rapid response to disruptions. Organizations are advised to begin updating supplier quality agreements to anticipate cyber and export-control clauses.
It’s predicted the revised standards will include sustainability and environmental aspects to align with changes in other QMS standards, tracing back to ISO 14001.
The 2026 IA9100 and IA9110 updates demand deeper integration of product safety considerations throughout the QMS, emphasizing proactive hazard detection and mitigation at every stage.