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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 · Thales Alenia Stratobus · all time

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
11/09/2021 Flight test milestone Thales Alenia Space and the Swedish Space Corporation completed an 8-hour stratospheric balloon demonstration flight on 11 September 2021 at Kiruna, Sweden, validating the Stratobus emergency Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Stratobus
05/06/2019 Acquisition CNIM acquired AirStar Aerospace, which was involved in developing the Stratobus airship's flexible fabric shell and scale models. Hemeria, Ayguesvives (was CNIM Air Space)Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Stratobus
05/06/2019 Ground test milestone CNIM validated the Stratobus Gondola Mobility System on a full-scale 30m test bed at its La Seyne workshops, confirming rotation capability. Hemeria, Ayguesvives (was CNIM Air Space)Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Stratobus
30/01/2019 Ground test milestone ONERA completed a wind tunnel test campaign of a 1:50 scale model of Flying Whales' LCA60T large capacity airship at its facility. ONERA Office national d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales Flying Whale LCA60TThales Alenia Stratobus
16/10/2018 Ground test milestone Thales Alenia Space completed static mechanical validation tests of the first full-scale photovoltaic modules designed for the Stratobus stratospheric airship. Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Stratobus
26/04/2016 Government funding award The French government's 'investment in the future' programme approved 17 million euros in funding for Thales Alenia Space's Stratobus stratospheric airship R&D project. Thales Alenia SpaceHemeria, Ayguesvives (was CNIM Air Space)Solution F Thales Alenia Stratobus