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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 · Northrop Grumman Hunter · all time

3 facts on record

Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
30/09/2009	Contract award	Northrop Grumman's Hunter team received a $39 million follow-on contract to continue supporting Army Hunter units in Iraq and Afghanistan.	Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	Northrop Grumman Hunter
30/09/2009	Flight test milestone	Northrop Grumman equipped the Hunter UAS with an Automatic Takeoff and Landing System and it successfully completed its first launch and recovery at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.	Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	Northrop Grumman Hunter
01/01/1996	Entry into service	The RQ-5A Hunter entered service as the U.S. Army's first fielded unmanned aircraft system in 1996.	Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems	Northrop Grumman Hunter