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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 · HAPSMobile Sunglider · all time

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

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
01/10/2024 Regulatory approval Horus A received airworthiness approval from the U.S. Army and an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate to allow flight testing in the national airspace. AeroVironment, Inc.SoftBank Corp. HAPSMobile Sunglider
01/10/2024 Flight test milestone AeroVironment flight-tested Horus A, an upgraded Sunglider UAS, demonstrating multi-payload operation including SAR and Tactical Grade Mesh Network radio in stratospheric conditions. AeroVironment, Inc.SoftBank Corp. HAPSMobile Sunglider
14/03/2023 Flight test milestone SoftBank and AeroVironment completed a low-altitude flight test of a sub-scale model of their next-generation HAPS UAS in Willcox Playa, Arizona, collecting key design verification data. SoftBank Corp.AeroVironment, Inc. HAPSMobile Sunglider
21/09/2020 Flight test milestone HAPSMobile's Sunglider solar-powered UAS completed its fifth test flight, reaching 62,500 feet in the stratosphere for 5 hours 38 minutes, lasting 20 hours 16 minutes total. SoftBank Corp.AeroVironment, Inc. HAPSMobile Sunglider
23/07/2020 Flight test milestone HAPSMobile completed the fourth successful test flight of its Sunglider solar-powered HAPS unmanned aircraft at Spaceport America, New Mexico, completing all basic aircraft tests. SoftBank Corp.AeroVironment, Inc. HAPSMobile Sunglider
05/02/2020 Programme completion Alphabet's Loon LLC and SoftBank's HAPSMobile Inc. successfully completed development of a communications payload for the HAWK30 stratospheric UAS. SoftBank Corp.AeroVironment, Inc. HAPSMobile Sunglider
23/10/2019 Flight test milestone HAPSMobile completed the second successful test flight of the HAWK30 solar HAPS at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center on October 23, 2019. SoftBank Corp.AeroVironment, Inc. HAPSMobile Sunglider
11/09/2019 First flight HAPSMobile completed the first test flight of its HAWK30 solar-powered HAPS aircraft at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Centre in California. SoftBank Corp.AeroVironment, Inc. HAPSMobile Sunglider