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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 · HAL LUH · all time

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Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
13/04/2026	Facility opening	India's Secretary of Defence Production inaugurated the Prachand LCH structure assembly line and an ASRS at HAL's New Helicopter Factory in Tumakuru, Karnataka.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL Dhruv HAL LUH HAL Indian Multi Role Helicopter (IMRH)
09/09/2020	Flight test milestone	HAL's LUH completed hot and high trials in the Himalayas at Leh and Daulat Beg Oldie, demonstrating hover and payload capability up to 5,000 metres ASL.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH
07/02/2020	Regulatory approval	CEMILAC accorded Initial Operational Clearance for the basic LUH IAF variant on 7 February 2020 during DefExpo 2020 at Lucknow.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH
08/11/2019	Type certification	Safran Helicopter Engines received EASA type certification for its Ardiden 1U engine installed in HAL's Light Utility Helicopter.	Safran Helicopter Engines Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH
24/08/2019	Flight test milestone	HAL's Light Utility Helicopter successfully completed hot and high altitude trials in the Himalayas at altitudes up to 5500m between 24 August and 2 September 2019.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH
14/12/2018	First flight	HAL's Light Utility Helicopter third prototype (PT3) completed its maiden flight on 14 December 2018 flown by test pilots Anil Bhambhani and M R Anand.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH
22/05/2017	First flight	HAL's Light Utility Helicopter prototype PT-2 completed its maiden flight at HAL's facility in Bengaluru on 22 May 2017.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH
06/09/2016	First flight	HAL's Light Utility Helicopter prototype PT-1 completed its first flight on 6 September 2016.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)	HAL LUH