Product Launch

Greenlawn, N.Y. – September 29, 2026 -- BAE Systems has secured AIMS certification from the Department of War for its new AN/APX-127(V)1 Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT), clearing the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system for use on the U.S. Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet.

Certification confirms interoperability across U.S. and NATO forces

The AIMS standard verifies the system meets joint U.S. and NATO requirements, allowing pilots to distinguish allied aircraft from potential threats in contested airspace. The AN/APX-127(V)1 is AIMS Mark XIIB IFF certified with Mode S and Mode 5 capability for encrypted data exchange, and adds receive channels for passive acquisition of Mode 5 Level 2 and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast In signals.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- DoubleZero Foundation has integrated Phoenix, Solana's native perpetuals exchange, into its Edge market-data platform, cutting data delivery latency by more than 750 milliseconds for traders accessing the Solana perps order book.

Phoenix becomes the third perpetuals venue on DoubleZero Edge

Built by Ellipsis Labs, Phoenix joins Kalshi crypto perpetual futures, added in August 2026, and Hyperliquid perps, added earlier this month, on the Edge network. Trading firms can now pull market data from all three venues through a single connection rather than building separate infrastructure for each.

DoubleZero launched two new Phoenix feeds: top-of-book and trades, and market-by-price data, covering all Phoenix perps markets.

New York – – September 29, 2026 -- Big Idea Ventures and Mars Petcare have selected three startups for the third edition of the Next Generation Pet Food Program, drawing 83 applications from 33 countries to advance alternative proteins, fats and oils aimed at cutting the environmental footprint of pet food ingredients.

Program partners with AAK, Bühler, Givaudan and Ingredion select three ingredient startups

EcoBean, a Polish company that valorizes spent coffee grounds from industrial production into high-value ingredients for cosmetics, food and pet applications, joins the 2026 cohort. Loopworm, an Indian insect biotech firm, manufactures protein and fat ingredients from silkworms using proprietary technology. Space Ark Biomedical, based in Taiwan, upcycles okara and brewer's spent grain into functional protein ingredients through enzyme technology and precision fermentation.

Ann Arbor – September 29, 2026 -- Truven has launched MarketScan Snapshot, an AI-powered search capability that compresses what the company says can be days or weeks of cohort feasibility research into a process taking minutes.

Snapshot lets researchers query 300 million cumulative patient lives in plain language

The tool allows users to run patient-count requests against MarketScan Research Databases using everyday language, eliminating the need to specify medical codes or possess programming skills. MarketScan's underlying dataset includes more than 300 million cumulative lives, 95 million active lives, 99% claims completeness, and data access dating back to 1995 across commercial, Medicare and Medicaid populations.

Santa Clara, Calif. – – September 29, 2026 -- Forward Networks has made Forward Predict generally available, a network-change verification tool that customer IG Group says cut firewall change delivery time by roughly 95 percent and saves engineers more than 30 hours of manual work monthly.

Forward Predict verifies network changes before deployment using a mathematically accurate digital twin

The tool, built on Forward Enterprise's digital twin, models BGP, routing, path, ACL, NAT and firewall-rule changes to show connectivity, security and compliance impact before they reach production. Forward positions the capability as the verification layer required for AI agents to propose network changes safely at machine speed.

Marina del Rey, Calif. – September 29, 2026 -- CommanderAI has launched a mobile app for iOS and Android that extends its AI-powered sales and CRM platform to field representatives in the waste, recycling, and scrap industries, letting reps prospect and close accounts directly from trucks and job sites.

Reps convert roadside sightings into leads with photo-to-lead capture

The app allows a field sales representative to photograph a sign, a truck, or a job site and automatically generate a new prospect record, populated with company and decision-maker data. Outreach can begin on the spot, closing a gap that previously forced reps to log opportunities in notebooks until they returned to a desk.

Dallas – – September 29, 2026 -- Topgolf is replacing its legacy event menu with four new chef-driven buffet concepts and increasing buffet frequency to one station per 30 guests, up from one per 50, in its first major events-program update in recent years.

Four new buffet concepts replace fixed-price legacy menu

The new lineup includes Modern Mediterranean (build-your-own salad and bowl bar with chicken shawarma and grilled steak), Cantina Kitchen (a southwest taco and nacho bar with chicken tinga and fajita beef), Taste of Topgolf (sliders and Roman-crust pizza with vegetarian options) and Chef's Table, a premium entrée menu featuring beef tenderloin and herb salmon for executive events. Planners can add à la carte proteins, sliders, sides and whole pizzas, including gluten-friendly, vegan and vegetarian options.

West Des Moines, Iowa – September 29, 2026 -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, will expand its West Des Moines manufacturing facility by 14,000 square feet in a multi-million-dollar investment to meet rising commercial and military aviation demand.

Facility ships more than 25,000 engine nozzles monthly

The site produces advanced fuel distribution systems, including original equipment components and spare parts, and operates as an FAA-certified Part 145 repair station for engine nozzle systems and powerplant accessories.

Expansion targets delivery performance and job growth

James Bagg, vice president and general manager of Engine Control Systems at Collins Aerospace, said the investment strengthens fuel-distribution technology for commercial and military aviation and will add jobs to meet customer demand.

Dallas – – September 29, 2026 -- TrendAI, the enterprise AI security unit of Trend Micro (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), has entered private preview with TrendAI Vision One Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery, a service that pairs an agentic AI engine with validation from the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), described as the world's largest vendor-agnostic bug bounty program.

Engine outperforms rivals on CyberGym leaderboard

The service runs on an agentic system code-named AESIR, built primarily on Anthropic models, and deployed and operated on Amazon Bedrock from Amazon Web Services. When tested against the CyberGym benchmarking framework, the engine scored higher than both single-model and other agentic systems on the leaderboard. TrendAI states internal benchmarking shows its models identify more true-positive vulnerabilities with fewer false positives than leading vulnerability scanning and static analysis tools.

New York – – September 29, 2026 -- DailyPay has introduced a deductions method for its On-Demand Pay service, making it the only large-scale provider offering both full-funding and deductions options to employers.

Deductions method lets employers recoup pay transfers through standard payroll withholding

Under the new deductions option, On-Demand Pay transfers are recovered from an employee's paycheck via a standard payroll deduction rather than full upfront funding by the employer. DailyPay says the model integrates with existing Human Capital Management, payroll and time management systems without disrupting current setups.