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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 · Kitty Hawk Heaviside H2 · all time

3 facts on record

DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
17/12/2021 Flight test milestone The first US government remotely piloted eVTOL flight was completed when Capt. McKenna flew the Kitty Hawk Heaviside via Buddy Box System in December 2021. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Kitty Hawk Heaviside H2
15/07/2021 Regulatory approval The U.S. Air Force awarded an airworthiness approval to Kitty Hawk for its Heaviside eVTOL aircraft through the AFWERX Agility Prime programme. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Kitty Hawk Heaviside H2
01/05/2021 Flight test milestone AFWERX Agility Prime and Kitty Hawk completed the programme's first operational exercise in May 2021 using the Heaviside eVTOL for medical evacuation and logistics scenarios. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Kitty Hawk Heaviside H2