# Mumbai lab becomes first to get Nadcap nod for aerospace testing 2026-08-27T06:36:29+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Mumbai-based TCR Engineering Services has become the first independent Indian company to secure Nadcap accreditation for materials testing at its Navi Mumbai and Vadodara laboratories. Nadcap, administered by the US-based Performance Review Institute, is the industry quality standard that global aerospace majors like Boeing, Airbus and Safran require from their suppliers. The accreditation lets Indian aviation component makers perform third-party testing domestically instead of sending specimens to the US or Singapore. Company president Rohit Bafna said this is expected to reduce certification costs for Indian companies by 70-80 per cent. The labs can conduct tensile, impact, bend, metallography, microhardness, Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers and electrical conductivity tests, plus alpha case evaluation on wrought titanium. Founded in 1973, TCR now holds separate Nadcap certificates for each laboratory. The development comes as major aerospace companies plan to increase component sourcing from India. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Nadcap is run by the Performance Review Institute and is the gold standard for aerospace quality. Before this, Indian MSMEs had to send test specimens abroad, adding weeks of shipping and customs delays. The 70-80 per cent cost saving claimed by TCR means a typical Rs 1 lakh overseas test now costs Rs 20,000-30,000 at home. Boeing and Airbus have both publicly set targets to triple their sourcing from India by 2030, these accreditations directly remove a bottleneck that blocked smaller local suppliers from qualifying. The next milestone to watch is how many new Indian MSMEs enter the global supply chain using these labs in the coming quarters. ## Coverage - rediff.com Leads with the milestone and industry benefits, no critical counterpoint This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Airbus, Boeing, Nadcap, Safran, TCR Engineering Services Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mumbai-lab-becomes-first-to-get-nadcap-nod-for-aerospace-testing/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mumbai-lab-becomes-first-to-get-nadcap-nod-for-aerospace-testing/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/