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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 · Leonardo AW159 Wildcat · all time

13 facts on record · showing the newest 8 — narrow the query for the rest

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
17/09/2020 Flight test milestone Leonardo successfully demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming between an AW159 Wildcat helicopter and a Callen-Lenz semi-autonomous UAV during UK Army Warfighting Experiment trials on Salisbury Plain. Leonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
04/03/2013 Supplier selection AgustaWestland selected APPH, a BBA Aviation company, to supply landing gear for the Super Lynx 300 and AW159 helicopters. Héroux Devtek (APPH) RuncornLeonardo Helicopters AgustaWestland Super Lynx 300Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
19/11/2010 First flight The third and final AW159 Lynx Wildcat test aircraft, designated TI3, completed its maiden flight at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility in the UK. Leonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
15/10/2010 Facility opening AgustaWestland established a new AW159 production facility at its Yeovil plant with a pulse line production system for final assembly. Leonardo HelicoptersLeonardo Defence Electronics (Selex) Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
01/10/2010 First flight The second AW159 Lynx Wildcat test aircraft, designated TI2, completed its maiden flight in mid-October 2010 at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility. Leonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
01/07/2010 Component first delivery GKN Aerospace delivered the first AW159 production airframe to AgustaWestland on schedule. Leonardo HelicoptersLeonardo Defence Electronics (Selex) Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
28/06/2010 Contract award AgustaWestland awarded Tods Aerospace an initial production contract worth ~£4 million to manufacture 140 composite airframe components for the AW159 Wildcat helicopter. Tods DefenceLeonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW159 Wildcat
12/11/2009 First flight The first AW159 multi-role military helicopter completed its maiden flight at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility, piloted by Chief Test Pilot Donald Maclaine. Leonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW159 Wildcat