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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 · HAL Tejas · all time

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

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Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
01/07/2026	MoU signed	IndiGo signed an MoU with CFM International for an order of engines in July 2026.	GE Aerospace Engines CFM International Inc.Safran Aircraft Engines	Airbus A320 HAL Tejas
17/10/2025	Facility opening	HAL opened a third Tejas Mk1A production line and a second HTT-40 production line at its Nashik site, completing the first Tejas Mk1A built at the facility.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Aircraft Division Nasik)Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)	HAL HTT-40 HAL Tejas Sukhoi Su-30MK
28/03/2024	First flight	HAL's first Tejas Mk1A aircraft (LA5033) completed its maiden flight from the HAL facility in Bengaluru on 28 March 2024, with an 18-minute sortie.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Aircraft Division Bangalore)Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)	HAL Tejas
27/04/2022	Ground test milestone	HAL commenced the Main Airframe Fatigue Test of the LCA Mk1 airframe at its Ground Test Centre in Bengaluru.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Aircraft Division Bangalore)	HAL Tejas
19/08/2021	Contract award	HAL and GE Aviation agreed a $716 million contract for 99 F404-GE-IN20 engines and support services to power the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft.	GE Aerospace Engines Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Aircraft Division Bangalore)	HAL Tejas
18/03/2020	First flight	The first LCA Tejas in FOC standard (SP-21) completed its maiden flight from HAL Airport in Bengaluru, piloted by Air Cmde. K.A. Muthana (Retd).	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Aircraft Division Bangalore)	HAL Tejas
17/06/2015	Production milestone	GE Aviation delivered its 1,500th F414 engine and surpassed 3 million flight hours on the US Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler.	GE Aerospace Engines	Saab JAS 39 Gripen Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet HAL Tejas
01/12/2014	Ground test milestone	In December 2014 GE successfully tested the world's first non-static CMC rotating low-pressure turbine blades for 500 endurance cycles in an F414 demonstrator engine.	GE Aerospace Engines	Saab JAS 39 Gripen Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet HAL Tejas