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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 · MiG 29/35 · all time

3 facts on record

Date	Event	What happened	Company	Program
30/09/2024	Component first delivery	HAL delivered the first AL-31FP aero engine under the 240-engine contract to the Indian Air Force at Koraput on 30 September 2024.	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Engine Division Bangalore)Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Engine Division Koraput)	Sukhoi Su-30MK MiG 29/35
18/03/2008	First flight	The first serially produced MiG-29KUB (tail number 113) completed its maiden flight at the RAC MiG test airfield in Lukhovitsy on 18 March 2008.	MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation	MiG 29/35
20/01/2004	Contract award	RAC MiG signed a contract package to deliver 12 MiG-29K and 4 MiG-29KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian Navy, signed on 20 January 2004.	MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation	MiG 29/35