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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 · Airbus A310 · all time

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

The table pans sideways — swipe for the rest of the columns ›
DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
22/06/2023 Supplier selection SkyDrive selected Thales to provide the fly-by-wire flight control system for its SkyDrive eVTOL aircraft. SkyDrive Inc.Thales AVS France SkyDriveAirbus A310
21/03/2023 Flight test milestone Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus UpNext achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a DT-25 drone from an A310 MRTT over the Gulf of Cadiz. Airbus Defence & Space HQAirbus UpNext Airbus A310
19/07/2022 Programme launch Airbus launched the Auto'Mate demonstrator via subsidiary Airbus UpNext to develop technologies enabling autonomous air-to-air refuelling and autonomous formation flight operations. Airbus Defence & Space HQAirbus UpNext Airbus A330Airbus A310
01/01/2018 Flight test milestone Airbus and the Royal Australian Air Force achieved the world's first automated boom contact in a joint A330 MRTT air-to-air refuelling operation. Airbus Defence & Space HQAirbus UpNext Airbus A330Airbus A310
31/10/2017 Production milestone CFM International's CFM56 engine fleet surpassed 500 million flight cycles and nearly 900 million flight hours since entering service in 1982. CFM International Inc. Airbus A310Airbus A320Boeing 737
18/01/2016 Supplier qualification GKN Aerospace qualified a new 10% lighter main pilot windshield for the Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 family following a three-year design and certification programme with Airbus. GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Airbus A310Airbus A320
05/10/2015 Contract award Alcoa signed an approximately $1 billion contract with Airbus to supply high-tech multi-material aerospace fastening systems across multiple Airbus platforms. Howmet Fastening Systems, HQ Airbus A310Airbus A320Airbus A330
26/09/2008 Ground test milestone EADS-CASA completed a 700-channel ground vibration test on the Airbus A400M MSN01 at the FAL Flight Test Centre in Seville in less than one month. Siemens Industry Software NVAirbus Defence & Space HQ Airbus A400MAirbus A310Airbus A330