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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 · COMAC C929 · all time

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

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
11/03/2021 Supplier selection COMAC selected an unnamed company as supplier for the CR929 project vertical tail work package at the Joint Definition Phase launch meeting. AVIC SAC Commercial Aircraft Company LtdCOMAC Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. COMAC C929
18/12/2018 Facility opening Honeywell Aerospace and AVIC FACRI held an opening ceremony in Xi'an for HonFei Flight Technology Co. Ltd.'s new approximately 10,000 sq-metre facility. Honeywell AerospaceCOMAC Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. COMAC C919COMAC C929
06/11/2018 Aircraft rollout CRAIC, COMAC, and UAC jointly unveiled the CR929 long-range wide-body aircraft 1:1 display prototype at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai. COMAC Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. COMAC C929
26/10/2018 Facility groundbreaking Kangde Investment Group held a foundation stone laying ceremony for a new facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, to build CR929 carbon fibre fuselage sections. Leonardo SpA COMAC C929
26/10/2018 MoU signed Leonardo signed an MoU with Kangde Investment Group of China to partner on composite aerostructures for the COMAC CR929 long-range airliner. Leonardo SpA COMAC C929
06/06/2018 Design review completed PJSC UAC and COMAC approved the general layout of the CR929 long-range wide-body aircraft on 6 June 2018, agreeing on principal geometry. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)COMAC Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. COMAC C929
29/09/2017 Programme launch CRAIC officially named the China-Russia long-range wide-body commercial aircraft the CR929, with variants CR929-500/600/700, marking entry into the R&D phase. COMAC Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd.United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) COMAC C929
20/09/2017 MoU signed UEC signed a cooperation memorandum with AECC CAE on development of a gas turbine engine for the CR929 Russian-Chinese wide-body aircraft at Aviation Expo China 2017. JSC United Engine Corporation COMAC C929