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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 · General Atomics MQ-9 · all time

140 facts on record · showing the newest 8 — narrow the query for the rest

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
23/10/2026 Partnership agreement signed GA-ASI and Spirit Defense, a Boeing Company, signed a partnership for Spirit Defense to serve as fuselage design-build partner for FQ-42 Vengeance CCA airframe production. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. General Atomics MQ-20 AvengerGeneral Atomics MQ-9General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle
14/09/2026 Facility expansion GA-ASI announced plans to open a new 22,000-sq-ft innovation hub near Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, opening Spring 2027, for UAS hardware and software development. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)NASA Glenn Research Center General Atomics Gambit SeriesGeneral Atomics MQ-9
10/09/2026 Product launch GA-ASI unveiled the Wildfire UAS, a new clean-sheet uncrewed aircraft designed for military, civil, and commercial roles including ISR and strike missions. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) General Atomics MQ-9General Atomics MQ-1C Gray EagleGeneral Atomics MQ-20 Avenger
27/07/2026 Flight test milestone GA-ASI completed a flight test of SoftBank Corp.'s Disaster Relief Unit communications pod integrated onto an MQ-9B on 27 July 2026. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)SoftBank Corp. General Atomics MQ-9
19/05/2026 First flight Saab and GA-ASI completed the first flight of the LoyalEye unmanned airborne early warning solution, integrating Saab's AEW radar pods onto a GA-ASI MQ-9B, at Desert Horizon facility. Saab Security & Defence SolutionsGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) General Atomics MQ-9
01/04/2026 Flight test milestone GA-ASI completed all planned Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) flight tests for the MQ-9B RPA at its Flight Test & Training Center near Grand Forks, North Dakota. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) General Atomics MQ-9
20/01/2026 MoU signed GA-ASI and Calidus Aerospace signed an MOU to collaborate on prospective co-production of MQ-9B and Gambit CCA aircraft in the UAE. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)Calidus General Atomics Gambit SeriesGeneral Atomics MQ-9
14/01/2026 Facility groundbreaking General Atomics Aeronautical Systems began construction on a new 85,000 sq ft hangar at El Mirage Airfield in Southern California to support MQ-9B development and testing. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) General Atomics MQ-9