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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 · Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion · all time

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
08/04/2026 Acquisition MTU Aero Engines AG acquired AeroDesignWorks GmbH, a Cologne-based drone propulsion systems provider, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. AeroDesignWorks GmbH
MTU Aero EngineseMoSys GmbH Sikorsky CH-53K King StallionAirbus A400MEurofighter Typhoon
05/02/2026 Contract award Israel's Defense Procurement Directorate signed an approximately $130 million deal with Elbit Systems to integrate Israeli command, avionics, EW, and DIRCM systems on 12 CH-53K helicopters. Elbit Systems LtdSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
22/12/2025 Supply agreement signed TIGHITCO received a Long-Term Agreement from Sikorsky to supply composite details and assemblies for the UH-60M Black Hawk programme through 2032. TIGHITCO Ladson SCSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky S-70A Black HawkSikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
26/09/2025 Contract award Sikorsky received a $10.855 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the Marine Corps over five years. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
18/02/2025 Contract modification PteroDynamics received a $4.65 million contract expansion from NAWCAD, raising the total BWUAS prototype contract to over $7 million to develop the P5 Transwing UAS. PteroDynamics Inc. Pterodynamics TranswingSikorsky S-70B SeaHawkLockheed Martin C-130J Hercules
03/02/2025 Financing agreement Air Industries Group secured an amendment to its Webster Bank Credit Facility, expanding the term loan by ~$1.6 million and relaxing required covenants. Air Industries Group Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
20/12/2024 Contract award Air Industries Group secured a seven-year contract valued at more than $33 million to manufacture and supply complex components for the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter programme. Air Industries GroupSterling Engineering Corp. Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
05/11/2024 Contract award TIGHITCO Inc.'s US Complex Composites division received a three-year production award for Lots 7/8 of composite components for the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter covering 2025–2027. TIGHITCO Ladson SCSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion