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In-depth guides to the standards and the compliance work behind them - how certification, audits and day-to-day compliance actually work - plus the latest from ComplyTrain.
A 90-day plan for the smallest defence suppliers: let the tender set your scope, document what you already do, fix the security basics primes check, and keep the system small enough for two people to maintain.
Learn how to qualify, approve and monitor sub-suppliers, flow down requirements through purchase orders, and keep the records an auditor will ask to see under ISO 9001 clause 8.4 and AQAP.
Learn how to run an ISO 9001 Clause 9.3 management review that turns evidence into decisions, with the right inputs, actionable outputs, and a cadence that fits your risks.
The types of ISO 9001 audit, what Stage 1 and Stage 2 each check, how nonconformities are graded and closed, and how to prepare for your first certification.
The EDF consortium rule is usually quoted as three entities from three Member States. It has a second limb about control that the word independent quietly hides, and two exceptions that disapply it entirely.
The European Defence Industry Programme has been in force since December 2025, with its own money, its own rules and its own deadlines. A good deal of published material still writes as though the European Defence Fund were the only instrument.
The 2026 European Defence Fund work programme does not have one deadline, and it does not have 31 competitive topics. Here is what is actually open, what has already closed, and what a consortium still needs in place.
ComplyTrain is now supporting multiple languages in the UI
A reminder from the standards desk: ISO 9001 remains the quality-management baseline most tenders and prime contractors expect before a conversation even starts.
ComplyTrain’s AI media monitoring - regulatory and industry horizon-scanning, filtered to what affects you - is now part of every plan, including Free.