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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 · Stratolaunch Talon-A · all time

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Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
30/09/2026	Acquisition	Stratolaunch acquired a Boeing 777-200ER carrier aircraft to expand its hypersonic flight test infrastructure and increase global launch capacity by 35%.	Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A Boeing 777 Stratolaunch Roc
21/07/2026	Flight test milestone	Stratolaunch's Talon-A reusable autonomous hypersonic aircraft completed more than 10 successful hypersonic flights, validating rapid reusability and full autonomy.	Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A
16/04/2026	Flight test milestone	Ursa Major's Hadley engine completed 10 consecutive successful flights with Stratolaunch, including hypersonic missions, demonstrating reusable capability.	Ursa Major Technologies Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A
20/01/2026	Investment round	Stratolaunch completed a capital raise welcoming Elliott Investment Management as a new investor alongside existing investor Cerberus Capital Management to expand hypersonic capabilities.	Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A
30/09/2025	Contract award	Stratolaunch was awarded a $90.8M contract under MACH-TB 2.0 Task 3 by the Department of War's TRMC through NSWC Crane for air-launched hypersonic test vehicles.	Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A Stratolaunch Roc
16/06/2025	Contract award	Ursa Major was awarded a $32.9 million contract to develop and deliver 16 upgraded Hadley H13 engines to Stratolaunch for its hypersonic test programme.	Ursa Major Technologies Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A
27/05/2025	Supply agreement signed	Vivace International Corporation partnered with Stratolaunch to design and manufacture propulsion and fuel tank systems for the Talon-A hypersonic test vehicles.	Stratolaunch Systems Inc.Vivace International Corporation	Stratolaunch Talon-A
05/05/2025	Flight test milestone	Stratolaunch completed its second hypersonic flight and recovery with the Talon-A2 vehicle, exceeding Mach 5 for the second time, in March 2025.	Stratolaunch Systems Inc.	Stratolaunch Talon-A Stratolaunch Roc