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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 · AeroVironment JUMP 20 · all time

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

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
21/10/2025 MoU signed AeroVironment and Korean Air signed an MOU positioning Korean Air as AV's priority partner in the Republic of Korea for the JUMP 20 MUAS platform. AeroVironment, Inc.Korean Air Aerospace Division AeroVironment JUMP 20
26/06/2025 Flight test milestone AeroVironment's Wildcat UAS completed VTOL-to-forward-flight transitions and validated core flight and propulsion systems under DARPA's EVADE programme. AeroVironment, Inc.DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA ANCILLARY X-PlaneAeroVironment JUMP 20
21/04/2025 Contract award AeroVironment was awarded a $46.6M five-year contract by the Italian Ministry of Defence for delivery of JUMP 20 VTOL medium uncrewed aircraft systems. AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment JUMP 20
16/02/2025 Product launch AeroVironment launched the JUMP 20-X, a next-generation modular Group 3 VTOL medium uncrewed aircraft system, unveiled at IDEX 2025. AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment JUMP 20
10/02/2025 Contract award AeroVironment's subsidiary Arcturus UAV was awarded a $181 million, 10-year contract by DALO to deliver JUMP 20 medium UAS to the Danish Armed Forces. AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment JUMP 20
01/07/2024 Regulatory approval In July 2024, AeroVironment received U.S. State Department approval for a $60.2 million foreign military sale of Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems to Taiwan. AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment JUMP 20
18/06/2024 Flight test milestone AeroVironment successfully demonstrated the JUMP 20 UAS with a heavy fuel engine, completing test flights validating expanded capabilities. AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment JUMP 20
28/05/2024 Competition downselect DARPA down-selected AeroVironment to continue development of its Wildcat VTOL UAS X-Plane design for the ANCILLARY program. AeroVironment, Inc.DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA ANCILLARY X-PlaneAeroVironment RQ-20 PumaAeroVironment JUMP 20