Ilmari Certified
Invite-only, and named as ours.
Ilmari Certified is the top operator level. It unlocks industrial work and flight-critical drone components, and only by invite. It is a quality bar Ilmari stands behind — not a milspec stamp, not ISO issuance, and not a government approval.
What it takes
The gates, all of them: 2,000 XP, 25 or more accepted shipments over 90 or more days at Pro, a quality composite of at least 85, C3 evidence on at least one capability, entity and tax documents, quality-system documents, a first-article-style sample, and a passed Ilmari audit. Ops sends the invite and ops approves. Only machines that are not China-linked count toward qualification.
What it unlocks
Flight-critical drone components (frames, arms, motor mounts, or anything the buyer marks flight-critical), industrial parts, and a tighter documented trail. Everyday retail work does not require this level. Firearm files and parts are banned at every level.
Resilience, without the costume
A network of independent shops is harder to knock out than a single plant. That is the practical reason the Certified catalog is still distributed — spare capacity, a second source, a shop that can pick up when another is offline. We do not issue government approvals, and we do not claim to be a defense prime.
Public criteria
This is the public criteria page the Ilmari Certified badge links to. It is Ilmari's own invite-only program. It is not an ISO, AS9100, OEM, or government certification.
Minimum thresholds
- Invite from ops, then a passed Ilmari audit.
- 2,000 XP, 25 or more accepted shipments over 90 or more days at Pro (Founding Certified, capped at 10 shops, may skip the tenure gates but not the audit, composite, or C3 evidence).
- Quality composite of at least 85, C3 evidence on a non-China-linked machine, entity and tax documents, quality-system documents, and a first-article-style sample.
Audit scope
The Ilmari audit reviews the shop's documented process, evidence quality, material handling, and a sample first-article-style job. Only non-China-linked machines count toward qualification. Records behind each award are stored on certified_award.evidence.
Re-verification
The badge is re-verified every 12 months (certified_reverify_due_at), or sooner after a quality incident. Failed or expired documents pause Certified-only jobs immediately, with a short window to fix them.
Suspension and revocation
- Active — the only status in which the badge is shown, on or off the platform.
- Suspended — re-verification overdue, a failed audit, composite below 80 on two reviews, or an open quality incident. The badge is hidden.
- Revoked — falsified evidence, firearm content, a routing breach, off-platform badge misuse, or not cleared within 30 days. The badge is hidden.
Off-platform use must keep this disclosure attached, only while the status is active, and must never combine the badge with milspec, DoD, or ITAR wording or imply government or prime approval.
The badge
Sample only. The badge is shown solely when certified_status is active, with the exact disclosure next to it — never as a footnote or tooltip.