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The industry ledger

Every dated fact behind the news — acquisitions, contracts, certifications, first flights, appointments — one stream, cut any way you need: by theme, country, sector, program or date. A filtered view is a URL: bookmark it and it becomes your standing query.

The industry ledger is an Analytics feature

Ask questions the news pages can’t answer — every acquisition touching one country this year, every certification in a sector, every appointment on a program’s suppliers — each answer sourced, dated and linked. A worked example runs below.

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Worked example — Corporate events across the industry, last 6 months. Analytics subscribers set every filter.
All events · Boeing X-48B · all time

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
15/11/2023 Contract award DARPA selected Aurora Flight Sciences for Phase 1 of the SPRINT X-Plane project to design a high-speed vertical lift blended wing body demonstrator aircraft. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing CompanyDARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyBoeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing X-48BAurora Flight Sciences ExcaliburBell X-76
07/08/2012 First flight The Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body research aircraft flew for the first time at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing X-48B
19/03/2010 Programme completion The NASA/Boeing X-48B blended wing body team completed Phase 1 flight testing, finishing the 80th and final flight of the phase at Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Boeing X-48B
04/04/2008 Flight test milestone Boeing and NASA began X-48B Block 2 flight tests in a slats-retracted configuration at higher speed regimes at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA Armstrong Flight Research CenterBoeing Phantom WorksCranfield Aerospace Solutions Ltd Boeing X-48B
20/07/2007 First flight The Boeing X-48B Blended Wing Body unmanned research aircraft made its first flight at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, on 20 July 2007. Boeing Phantom WorksNASA Armstrong Flight Research CenterAir Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Boeing X-48B
01/01/2006 Ground test milestone Boeing X-48B Ship 1 completed extensive wind tunnel testing in 2006 at the Old Dominion University NASA Langley Full-Scale Tunnel in Virginia. Boeing Phantom WorksNASA Armstrong Flight Research CenterAir Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Boeing X-48B