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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 · Mitsubishi X-2 · all time

2 facts on record

Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
09/12/2022	Programme launch	The governments of the UK, Italy and Japan agreed to establish the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet.	Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation BAE Systems plc Leonardo	Mitsubishi X-2 Mitsubishi F-X BAE Tempest
22/04/2016	First flight	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully completed the maiden flight of the X-2 advanced technology demonstrator jet from Nagoya Airport to Gifu Air Base.	Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation	Mitsubishi X-2