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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 · Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC · all time

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Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
03/01/2018	Contract award	The U.S. Air Force awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a $48 million contract for continued development of the certified Orion UAS variant.	Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company	Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC
01/12/2014	Flight test milestone	The Orion UAS established the world endurance record for UAS with an 80-hour, 2-minute, 52-second flight in December 2014.	Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company	Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC
22/11/2010	Aircraft rollout	Aurora Flight Sciences unveiled the Orion unmanned aerial system flight vehicle demonstrator at a formal ceremony in Columbus, Mississippi.	Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company	Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC
30/09/2010	Competition downselect	Aurora Flight Sciences' Orion UAS was competitively selected by the US Air Force Research Laboratory for the first phase of the MAGIC JCTD contract.	Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company	Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC
29/06/2009	Flight test milestone	Aurora Flight Sciences successfully demonstrated fully autonomous takeoffs and landings on a Cessna 337 'Chiron' testbed near Manassas, Virginia, with tests underway since March 2009.	Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company	Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC
30/03/2009	Ground test milestone	Aurora Flight Sciences completed a limit load test on the 132-foot single-piece composite wing of the Orion UAS at its Columbus, Mississippi plant.	Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company	Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC