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DEKRA supports the entire aerospace value chain

The aerospace industry is undergoing significant transformation. New regulations, increasing sustainability requirements, digitalization, and increasingly complex supply chains are placing higher demands on manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers.

With extensive experience in testing, certification, cybersecurity, sustainability, and training, DEKRA helps organizations across the civil and commercial aviation sector ensure quality, safety, and regulatory compliance throughout their operations. Our experts support customers across the entire value chain—from development and manufacturing to operations, maintenance, and supplier management.
Whether you develop aircraft systems, operate maintenance services, or serve as a supplier, DEKRA helps you reduce risks, meet regulatory requirements, and strengthen your long-term competitiveness.
Our areas of expertise
Compliance and certification

Meet the requirements of EASA, FAA, and international aerospace standards. DEKRA provides certification, audits, and technical support to help organizations comply with both regulatory and customer-specific requirements.

Safety and quality

Verify the safety, airworthiness, and performance of aircraft systems, components, and processes. Our services help improve reliability throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Cybersecurity

Protect connected systems, avionics, networks, and critical information through cybersecurity assessments, testing, and risk evaluations tailored to the aviation sector.

Sustainability and development

Enhance your sustainability performance through ESG-related services, energy efficiency programs, environmental certification, and training initiatives that support both organizational and employee development.

Our approach

A holistic approach to today’s challenges

Aviation and aerospace organizations operate in a highly regulated and complex environment. At the same time, the industry faces global supply chain challenges, cost pressures, and skills shortages while undergoing extensive digital transformation and transitioning toward more sustainable operations.
DEKRA combines expertise in certification, testing, cybersecurity, and sustainability to help organizations manage risks, ensure compliance, and meet future requirements in a safe and controlled manner.

Our Services for the Aerospace Industry:

  • AS9100 certification for manufacturing organizations.
  • AS9110 certification for Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) organizations.
  • AS9120 certification for distributors.
  • Audits, surveillance audits, and gap analyses.
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Rely on proven methodologies and aerospace expertise to develop tailored assurance programs aligned with your regulatory and operational requirements. DEKRA guides you throughout the entire process—from design and certification to production, maintenance, and in-service support.

FAQ

DEKRA provides certification, surveillance audits, and gap analyses in accordance with AS9100, AS9110, and AS9120. These certifications help organizations demonstrate that they have effective processes for quality, safety, and risk management.
We also support integration with other management systems, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001, creating unified and auditable business processes.
AS9100 is based on ISO 9001 but includes additional aerospace-specific requirements, particularly regarding product safety, risk management, configuration management, and traceability.
The standard is often a prerequisite for becoming a supplier within the aerospace industry. DEKRA helps organizations achieve and maintain certification through independent audits and identification of improvement opportunities.
DEKRA offers cybersecurity audits, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and security testing of software and embedded systems. We also conduct risk assessments, threat modeling, and cybersecurity maturity evaluations.
By combining technical testing with process and management system audits, we help organizations protect safety-critical systems, ensure data integrity, and reduce cybersecurity risks.
We support maintenance, repair, and overhaul organizations through certification and audits in accordance with AS9110.
Assessments cover areas such as maintenance planning, documentation, equipment management, human factors, and continuing airworthiness processes. The objective is to strengthen compliance, improve reliability, and meet both customer and regulatory requirements.
DEKRA helps organizations reduce their environmental impact without compromising safety or performance.
Our services include energy audits, energy efficiency improvements, carbon footprint calculations, life cycle assessments, ESG audits, and certification according to standards such as ISO 14001 and ISO 50001. We also conduct supplier sustainability assessments to improve transparency throughout the supply chain.
Digital technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the aerospace sector. DEKRA helps organizations implement technologies such as software-defined systems, digital twins, and data-driven development tools in a safe and controlled manner.
By assessing safety, reliability, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance, we help organizations integrate new technologies into existing processes without compromising quality or operational safety.
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