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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 · Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS · all time

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The table pans sideways — swipe for the rest of the columns ›
DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
10/12/2025 Flight test milestone Platform Aerospace and Applied Signals Intelligence completed concept-to-flight integration and airborne testing of ASI's SNITCH RF ISR-T payload on the Vanilla UAS in under three weeks. Platform Aerospace: Vanilla Unmanned Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS
01/09/2023 Flight test milestone NPS and NRL completed an Arctic Circle test flight of the Vanilla UAV with NPS POTION software in September 2023, surpassing previous Vanilla performance records. Naval Postgraduate SchoolPlatform Aerospace: Vanilla Unmanned Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS
01/10/2022 Flight test milestone Platform Aerospace's Vanilla UAS demonstrated an air-launched swarm capability, deploying nearly 40 micro-UAS from wing-mounted stores on sorties exceeding 35 hours. Platform Aerospace: Vanilla Unmanned Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS
15/11/2021 Supplier selection Platform Aerospace selected SKYTRAC's Iridium Certus DLS-100 satcom system for C2, BVLOS communications, and telemetry on its Vanilla Unmanned UAV. Platform Aerospace: Vanilla UnmannedSKYTRAC Systems Ltd. Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS
24/09/2021 Flight test milestone Platform Aerospace's Vanilla Unmanned UAV flew for 8 days, 50 minutes, and 47 seconds from 24 September to 2 October 2021, breaking the FAI world record for unrefueled internal combustion Platform Aerospace: Vanilla UnmannedSKYTRAC Systems Ltd. Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS
23/10/2017 Flight test milestone Vanilla Aircraft's VA001 completed a five-day, 1-hour-24-minute flight covering over 7,000 miles, the longest unmanned internal combustion powered flight in history, landing 23 Oct 2017. Platform Aerospace: Vanilla Unmanned Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS