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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 · ASKA A5 · all time

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

The table pans sideways — swipe for the rest of the columns ›
DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
25/02/2026 MoU signed The University of Alabama in Huntsville and ASKA signed a memorandum of agreement to explore collaborative R&D in hybrid-electric autonomous drive-and-fly VTOL aircraft technologies. ASKAThe University of Alabama in Huntsville ASKA A5
27/01/2026 MoU signed ASKA and the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore signed an MoU to collaborate on R&D in advanced air mobility, aviation battery technologies, and aerospace ASKA ASKA A5
01/07/2025 Headquarters relocation ASKA officially relocated its operations from Mountain View, CA to Eagle Field in Fresno County, California. ASKA ASKA A5
01/07/2025 Acquisition ASKA's founders acquired Eagle Field (FAA LID: CL01), a private airport in Fresno County, California. ASKA ASKA A5
01/05/2025 Regulatory approval The FAA granted a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization approving Eagle Field as an ASKA test site with an expanded flight test area. ASKA ASKA A5
01/05/2025 Regulatory approval The FAA renewed the ASKA A5 prototype's airworthiness certificate as an Experimental R&D Unmanned Aircraft following an inspection. ASKA ASKA A5
01/08/2024 Flight test milestone ASKA completed over 350 successful tethered unmanned flight tests with the full-scale A5 prototype at a private California airfield as of August 2024. ASKA ASKA A5
02/07/2024 Regulatory approval The FAA granted the second renewal of the experimental special airworthiness certificate for the ASKA A5 roadable electric-hybrid VTOL prototype for continued R&D flight testing. ASKA ASKA A5