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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 · Leonardo Proteus · all time

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
02/03/2026 Contract award The UK Ministry of Defence awarded Leonardo a £1 billion contract to build and deliver 23 AW149 medium helicopters from Yeovil. Leonardo Helicopters UKLeonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW149Leonardo Proteus
01/01/2026 First flight Proteus, the UK's first autonomous rotary wing uncrewed air system developed by Leonardo with the Royal Navy, completed its first flight. Leonardo Helicopters UKLeonardo Helicopters Leonardo AW149Leonardo Proteus
29/07/2024 Corporate restructuring Leonardo's Grottaglie workers will alternate between single work shift and partial temporary furlough from 29 July 2024 to end of year due to Boeing 787 production slowdown. Leonardo HelicoptersBoeing Commercial AirplanesSyensqo (was Solvay) Boeing 787 DreamlinerLeonardo AW101Leonardo AW609
24/07/2024 Partnership agreement signed Leonardo signed a unified union agreement at Unindustria Rome to manage Boeing 787 production slowdown and relaunch the Grottaglie plant. Leonardo HelicoptersBoeing Commercial AirplanesSyensqo (was Solvay) Boeing 787 DreamlinerLeonardo AW101Leonardo AW609
24/06/2024 Facility expansion Leonardo selected its Grottaglie site for final assembly of the AW609 tiltrotor in Italy, diversifying the plant's production. Leonardo HelicoptersVertical Aerospace LtdSyensqo (was Solvay) Boeing 787 DreamlinerLeonardo AW609Vertical Aerospace Valo
21/07/2022 Contract award The UK MoD Defence Equipment and Support awarded Leonardo a four-year, 71 million Euro contract to deliver the Rotary Wing Uncrewed Air System technology demonstration programme. Leonardo Helicopters UK Leonardo ProteusLeonardo AWHERO