Two-year qualification effort in collaboration with Raytheon and the US Navy reduces supply chain risk as SPY-6 radar build rates increase.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyntris Inc. (NYSE: LYNX), a defense technology company delivering sense-to-act connectivity solutions for the modern, connected battlespace, today announced that it has completed qualification of a critical hardware assembly supporting Raytheon's SPY-6 family of radars. This qualification is a crucial milestone in the production ramp for SPY-6, which is required to meet the increasing global demand for the world's premier maritime radar. Raytheon is an RTX business.

SPY-6 is the radar family that the U.S. Navy is fielding across its surface fleet, providing detection and tracking against air, surface, ballistic missile, and electronic warfare threats. Its modular architecture builds multiple radar variants from common building blocks, serving destroyers, carriers, amphibious ships, and frigates.

As SPY-6 moves from development into production, Lyntris worked with Raytheon to build vertically integrated manufacturing and test capability in California and Nevada for the radar's Radar Modular Assembly (RMA), the common building block of every SPY-6 array. Although most of the RMA chassis is produced within that capability, Raytheon asked Lyntris to identify supply chain constraints that could limit build rates in full-rate production. That review identified the wedgelock, a sub-assembly within the RMA chassis, as a risk. Over nearly two years, the companies established manufacturing processes, validated performance and qualified Lyntris as a scalable source for wedgelock assemblies that meet U.S. Navy requirements and support long-term program needs.

Wedgelock assemblies secure electronic components inside the thermally managed SPY-6 array chassis, protecting the electronics and helping transfer heat away from high-power components to ensure reliability in demanding maritime environments. Their production requires precision manufacturing, controlled assembly and steady access to specific raw materials - factors that have historically led to long lead times across the supplier base.

Bringing the assembly in-house draws on manufacturing capability Lyntris already runs for fielded radar and electronic warfare programs, where precision manufacturing, electronics packaging, and test capabilities sit under the same roof. The same processes apply to other long-lead components in radar and sensing programs that may face supply chain constraints.

"Supply-chain resilience is built one critical component at a time," said Brian Morrison, CEO at Lyntris. "This qualification reflects nearly two years of disciplined work with Raytheon and targeted investment by Lyntris to establish a reliable source for hardware essential to SPY-6 array electronics. It strengthens an important naval sensing capability while expanding the manufacturing platform we can apply across other radar and electronic systems."

"This effort demonstrates the value of early collaboration between customers and their critical suppliers," said Matt Parisi, VP of Business Development at Lyntris. "By understanding the operational environment, investing in the right equipment and materials, and working through qualification together, we have converted a historically long-lead component into a capability that Lyntris can control and scale. That is exactly how we intend to help our customers accelerate delivery of critical systems to the warfighter."

The milestone is another example of Lyntris' organic growth strategy: making customer-informed investments in differentiated technologies and manufacturing capabilities that strengthen domestic defense supply chains, support production at scale, and increase the company's contribution to enduring defense platforms.

About Lyntris

Lyntris is a defense technology company delivering sense-to-act connectivity solutions for the modern, connected battlespace. Combining differentiated hardware, software and mission expertise, Lyntris helps customers detect threats earlier, decide faster and act with precision in contested, multi-domain environments.

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Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the timing and volume of wedgelock assembly production; the projected timing of the SPY-6 production ramp; Lyntris' ability to scale production to meet SPY-6 program requirements; the anticipated performance and reliability of qualified hardware; the continuation and expansion of Lyntris' relationship with Raytheon; the application of Lyntris' manufacturing capabilities to other radar, sensing and mission electronics programs; Lyntris' organic growth strategy and expectations regarding future investment in manufacturing capabilities; and the potential for expanded business opportunities.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstService Residential, the leading residential community management company, is pleased to announce that three of its managed communities recently participated in the Plug in Alexandria program, including Marina Towers Condominium Association, Northampton Place Condominium, and Parkfairfax Condominium, all located in Alexandria, Virginia.

FirstService Residential, through FirstService Energy, provides advisory and consulting support to help communities identify, pursue, and maximize available incentive opportunities in areas, including New York City, Boston, Toronto, and New Jersey.

Plug in Alexandria is a program to help residents of multi-family communities, including condominiums and apartments, in Alexandria, Virginia, access charging for electrical vehicles (EVs). The program provides expert guidance and financial assistance. Communities accepted into the program receive technical assistance from an industry expert and will be eligible to receive a reimbursement grant of $10,000 to cover a portion of eligible expenses from installing EV chargers.

"Our local teams were proud to work with these communities throughout the process," said Trent Harrison, President, MidAtlantic, FirstService Residential, "EV charging is a great asset for the residents of these communities."

FirstService Energy 360° offers communities a holistic, expert-driven energy management solution that provides management teams and boards with the data intelligence and confidence to make informed decisions for their communities. 360º is designed to simplify energy management, track utility spending, increase efficiency, and identify cost savings, all in one easy-to-manage subscription.

As the leading residential community management company, FirstService Residential collaborates with boards and residents to enhance property values, elevate the resident experience, and deliver tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of every community it serves.

About FirstService Residential

FirstService Residential is simplifying property management. Its hospitality-minded teams serve residential communities across the United States and Canada. The organization partners with boards, owners, and developers to enhance the value of every property and the life of every resident.

Leveraging unique expertise and scale, FirstService serves its clients with proven solutions and a service-first philosophy. Residents can count on 24/7 customer care and tailored lifestyle programming, amenity activation, and technology for their community's specific needs. Market-leading programs with FirstService Financial, FirstService Energy, and special districts teams deliver additional levels of support.

Boards and developers select FirstService Residential to realize their vision and drive positive change for residents in the communities in their trusted care.

FirstService Residential is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ and TSX: FSV), a North American leader in providing essential property services to a wide range of residential and commercial clients.

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Asimov to integrate Minaris' OXGENE technology into its AAV Edge producer cell lines to unlock higher manufacturing titers and improved product quality.

PHILADELPHIA and BOSTON, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Minaris, a global cell and gene therapy (CGT) CDMO and multimodal biosafety testing organization, and Asimov, the company building an AI-native synthetic biology platform to advance therapeutic development, today announced a partnership that enables higher performing producer cell lines for production of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies.

AAV manufacturing remains a significant challenge for developers using this delivery modality for gene therapies, where large quantities of vectors are required and product quality is paramount. Through OXGENE, Minaris' center of excellence for advanced viral vector technology development, Minaris brings industry-leading optimization and engineering technology to improve AAV and lentiviral vector manufacturability, complementing its broader viral vector development and manufacturing services. Through this collaboration, Asimov will have the ability to incorporate Minaris' proprietary OXGENE technology into its diverse toolkit for AAV Edge producer cell lines, amplifying the potential through its synthetic biology expertise to solve one of the industry's most daunting bioproduction challenges.

"Minaris is committed to enabling the cell and gene therapy industry through technology partnerships that raise the bar for manufacturing excellence," said Eytan Abraham, Chief Commercial & Technology Officer at Minaris. "We believe in democratization of our technologies and creating a wide variety of solutions to enable the viral vector modality for patients, and are thrilled to enable Asimov in the creation of next-generation AAV producer cell lines."

Most AAV programs today still depend on transient production, which requires multiple GMP plasmids to be transfected every batch. This approach drives up costs, limits scalability, and can result in inconsistent product quality. However, stable production systems for AAV have been challenging to develop due to the immense complexity and interdependency of the viral genetics. Asimov's AAV Edge Stable Producer System leverages genetic design expertise to solve this problem and bring forward high-titer, clonal producer cell lines.

"Stable producer cell lines are a key technology to enable AAV gene therapies at scale, and we are excited to partner with Minaris to unlock a new level of performance for our AAV Edge system," said Raja Srinivas, Co-Founder at Asimov. "At Asimov, we have developed a genetic design toolkit that allows us to engineer high-titer cell lines, and we look forward to adding Minaris's technology to this toolkit and building a production system purpose-built for the next generation of gene therapies."

The agreement further strengthens Minaris' position as an integrated viral vector development and manufacturing partner, combining proprietary technologies developed through OXGENE with broader development, manufacturing and testing capabilities that support viral vector programs from development through commercialization.

About Minaris

Minaris is a global cell and gene therapy (CGT) CDMO and multimodal biosafety testing organization. With more than 25 years of CGT development and manufacturing expertise and more than 40 years in biosafety testing, Minaris combines deep legacy experience with state-of-the-art GMP facilities as a fully U.S.-owned organization under new ownership and management, built for today's evolving therapeutic landscape.

Through its divisions, Minaris Advanced Therapies and Minaris Advanced Testing, the company supports innovators from IND through commercial supply and delivers GMP analytics, biosafety, viral clearance, and product characterization across CGT and biologics. With five global sites across three continents, Minaris is committed to helping partners bring more therapies to more patients worldwide.

For more information, visit minaris.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Asimov

Asimov's mission is to advance humanity's ability to design living systems, enabling biotechnologies with outsized societal benefit. The company is developing a synthetic biology platform, from cells to software, to design and manufacture next-generation therapeutics, including biologics, cell/gene therapies, and RNA through a combination of products, services, and collaborations.

Founded by bioengineers from MIT and Boston University and headquartered in Boston, the company has raised over $200 million from top institutional investors including Andreessen Horowitz, CPP Investments, Horizons Ventures, and Fidelity Management & Research Company. For more information, visit www.asimov.com.

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Manish Nariwal assumes all operating responsibility as Jim Andrews leads the client organization.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MDpanel, one of the fastest growing and largest providers of expert medical opinions in the United States, has appointed Manish Nariwal Chief Operating Officer and Jim Andrews Chief Client Officer. Both report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jason Erdell.

In 2023, MDpanel began to combine and modernize some of the nation's most respected medical opinion providers, most notably through its industry's only comprehensive technology platform which now removes nearly all administrative burden from physicians and clients. Combined, MDpanel supports hundreds of thousands of medical opinion deliveries annually across the United States and Canada, through its vast healthcare professional network. Nariwal leads the company's enterprise operations, including its Qualified Medical Evaluation (QME) and Independent Medical Examination (IME) business lines, with a mandate to continue to innovate the processes and technologies that separate MDpanel from its competitors. Andrews leads the company's client organization, with responsibility for relationships with carriers, third-party administrators, state and local governments, and attorneys nationally.

"The processes and infrastructure supporting expert medical opinions have remained stagnant for decades; MDpanel is making significant and contemporary investments to drive efficiency, reliability, and quality," said Jason Erdell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MDpanel. "Manish understands how to put technology to work inside complex healthcare and insurance operations. Jim has dedicated his career to serving the insurance industry and has built a proven track record of delivering extraordinary results that meet client expectations. Together, they will materially accelerate our already industry-leading performance."

Nariwal joined MDpanel in July 2026. He spent the prior three years as Chief Operating Officer of Ontellus, a national records retrieval and claims intelligence company serving the insurance and legal markets, where he consolidated multiple acquired businesses onto shared operating platforms and processes.

Before Ontellus, Nariwal spent seven years at First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), a global provider of background screening and verification services, where he served as Senior Vice President of Global Operations and later as Senior Vice President of Product Technology.

Andrews joins MDpanel from mea, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, Americas. Prior to mea, Andrews played a meaningful role in the growth of Carpe Data, a data and predictive analytics company serving property and casualty carriers, where he led the company's revenue and customer-facing functions and worked directly with carrier claims and underwriting leadership.

About MDpanel

MDpanel is one of the largest providers of expert medical opinions in the United States. While its foundation is independent and qualified medical evaluations (IME and QME), MDpanel continues to regularly offer its stakeholders innovative new offerings and service lines. For more information, visit mdpanel.com.

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Leading c-store brands turn to Scale Computing edge computing and network solutions to modernize in-store IT, strengthen security, and simplify operations across thousands of locations

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Scale Computing, the leader in edge computing and network solutions, today announced continued momentum in the convenience and fuel retail sector, where a growing roster of leading c-store brands are standardizing on Scale Computing solutions to modernize distributed IT, secure payment and network environments, and simplify operations across thousands of locations. The company will showcase its solutions at NACS Show in Las Vegas, October 6-9, 2026, at Booth C6517.

Convenience and fuel retailers operate some of the most demanding edge environments in retail: 24/7 uptime requirements, a patchwork of single-purpose systems spanning point-of-sale, fuel controllers, and kitchen technology, and strict Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance obligations, all while managing IT across hundreds or thousands of geographically dispersed sites with lean IT teams. Scale Computing offers an integrated portfolio spanning hyperconverged infrastructure, edge orchestration, managed networking, and edge computing as a service, giving operators a unified foundation designed to streamline infrastructure, enhance automation, protect sensitive transaction data, and keep every location online, without adding headcount.

"Convenience and fuel retailers are running some of the most complex, distributed environments in retail today, with payment security, compliance, and uptime all riding on infrastructure spread across tens to thousands of sites," said William Morrow, CEO, Scale Computing. "Our platform was built to meet that complexity head-on, delivering an integrated means for c-store operators to secure, connect, and manage every store, so their teams can spend less time firefighting and more time serving customers."

Today, some of the largest names in convenience and fuel retail are partnering with Scale Computing to power that transformation:

- Casey's General Stores, the third-largest convenience store chain in the U.S. with nearly 2,900 locations, partnered with Intel and deployed SC//Reliant™Manager Edge Computing as a Service across more than 2,600 stores in just ten months. The cloud-to-edge platform enabled Casey's to virtualize legacy point-of-sale and fuel systems, extend the life of existing hardware, and run containerized applications alongside virtualized workloads, supporting new digital initiatives like mobile ordering and loyalty programs while centralizing chain-wide updates and monitoring.

- Royal Farms, a privately owned convenience and fuel retail chain with roughly 300 locations across the Mid-Atlantic, standardized on SC//HyperCore™HyperVisor and SC//Fleet™ Manager edge orchestration software to modernize its 24/7/365 store IT within tight space and budget constraints. Using Zero Touch Provisioning, Royal Farms scaled deployments from 11-12 stores per week to 20-25 stores per week, with a 90% reduction in recovery time from hardware failures and a 75% reduction in infrastructure management time.

- RaceTrac, the Atlanta-based operator of nearly 600 RaceTrac convenience stores and 200+ RaceWay locations across the Southeast, deployed SC//Reliant Manager to consolidate single-purpose hardware and centralize management across its store network. Since deployment, RaceTrac saw over a 40% reduction in overall support incidents and a 90% reduction in truck rolls for critical device failures, freeing its IT team to focus on innovation instead of on-site firefighting.

- S&G Stores, a growing retail convenience store and gas station chain in Ohio and Michigan, standardized on Scale Computing, deploying SC//AcuVigil™solutions for c-store networks to improve visibility, simplify remote troubleshooting, and achieve 95%+ uptime across locations. The brand gained a consistent technology foundation to keep business moving, helping the team prepare for faster, more seamless rollouts of future initiatives.

"The ability to consolidate hardware and systems, plus allowing us to make changes to a single location, specific groups of stores, or even chain-wide in near real time, was a game changer for us. Real-time observability into operations is critical for our continued success," said Tyler Grubbs, executive director of store technology, RaceTrac.

Scale Computing's growth in the c-store sector is underpinned by a portfolio built specifically for the demands of distributed, multi-site retail environments:

- SC//AcuVigil Networking managed network solutions pair 24/7 network operations support with self-service visibility and control, giving multi-site operators a unified way to monitor, troubleshoot, secure, and optimize every connection across their network.

- SC//Connect SD-WAN delivers cloud-native secure SD-WAN and SASE capabilities that simplify WAN management and boost performance, security, and reliability across the enterprise.

- SC//Reliant Manager is a hardware- and cloud-agnostic, API-capable edge platform that empowers multi-site businesses to manage applications, networks, and security at scale, without added complexity for overburdened IT teams.

- SC//HyperCore HyperVisor virtualization suite integrates software, servers, and storage into a fully unified platform, saving organizations time and resources while enabling AI-powered workloads at the edge. SC//Fleet Manager delivers fleet-wide observability and orchestration across distributed environments.

As convenience and fuel retailers face mounting pressure to protect payment data, maintain compliance, and keep stores running around the clock, Scale Computing's integrated approach to infrastructure and network security is positioned to be central to how the industry modernizes at the edge. For more information about the Scale Computing solutions securing and simplifying convenience and fuel retail IT, visit scalecomputing.com/convenience-fuel-retail-it.

Meet Scale Computing at NACS Show 2026

Scale Computing will showcase its convenience and fuel retail solutions at NACS Show 2026, held October 6-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendees are invited to visit Booth C6517 at the show and can book a meeting with the Scale Computing team in advance at scalecomputing.com/contact.

About Scale Computing, Inc.

Scale Computing, Inc. is the industry's largest edge-first platform company, uniquely positioned to power the AI-driven future of distributed enterprises. Providing edge computing, managed network security, SD-WAN, SASE, virtualization and hyperconverged solutions, Scale Computing delivers an integrated infrastructure that adapts and scales from one to 50,000 locations. Thousands of organizations around the world rely on Scale Computing to power critical applications with unparalleled ease. Scale Computing is backed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P., one of the world's largest funds with over $200 billion in assets under management. For more information, visit www.scalecomputing.com.

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Duck Creek's Jose Lazares and Andy Moss join industry leaders across four ITC Vegas sessions on tech-native underwriting and the orchestrated carrier

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Duck Creek, the intelligent core of insurance, will be at ITC Vegas 2026 showcasing its new agentic underwriting-to-core platform. In July, Duck Creek acquired Send, the underwriting orchestration platform, creating the industry's first and only agentic solution to unite core insurance operations and intelligent underwriting workflows across the policy lifecycle for multiple operating models. Conference attendees will be able to learn more about the intelligent core at the Duck Creek (#2633) and Send booths (#1639). Duck Creek arrives at ITC Vegas with momentum, having recently been recognized by industry analysts as the most visionary provider of core insurance systems on the market today.

"We believe the insurers that will lead the market will be those that embrace Agentic AI by orchestrating underwriting, core systems, data, and decisioning on a single intelligent platform," said Tyler Jones, Chief Marketing Officer of Duck Creek. "At ITC Vegas, we will show how Duck Creek is bringing that vision to life and helping insurers turn AI ambition into measurable business impact."

Speaking Sessions

Duck Creek leaders will also be speaking in four sessions:

- Inside the Tech-Native Commercial & Specialty Insurer - Commercial & Specialty Lines Summit, Tuesday, September 29, 9:30–9:50 am

Andy Moss, General Manager of Underwriting at Duck Creek and co-founder of Send, joins Charles Valinotti, Chief Program and Underwriting Officer at Spinnaker Insurance Company, to explore what defines a tech-native operating model in 2026 and how underwriting is evolving as core systems and orchestration converge onto a single platform, offering a preview of the roadmap behind Duck Creek's acquisition of Send.

- How Agentic AI is Providing Competitive Advantage, not Just Cost Savings - Datos Insights Summit: Why AI Transformations Stall in the Race to Operationalize AI, Tuesday, September 29, 2:35–3:00 pm 

Hardeep Gulati, Chief Executive Officer at Duck Creek, joins Merideth Barnes-Cook, Senior Analyst at Datos Insights, to discuss how insurers can turn AI into a lasting competitive advantage across the policy lifecycle, building on the core systems and data foundations they already have in place.

- When Is It Time to Abandon Incrementalism? - Celent Summit: Starting the Countdown to Agentic Insurance, Tuesday, September 29, 4:15– 4:55 pm

Duck Creek Chief Product Officer (CPO) Jose Lazares joins Celent Principal Analyst Rob Norris and Federato CEO Will Ross for a discussion on when it's time to leave legacy software paradigms behind and what should replace traditional approaches to enterprise technology transformation.

- The Orchestrated Carrier - Innovation Through Strategic Foresight, Wednesday, September 30, 2:40 –3:15 PM

Duck Creek CPO Jose Lazares joins Slide Insurance Chief Information Officer Gauthaman Krishnamurthy for a conversation about what comes after modernization. Rather than treating modernization as a one-time initiative, the two will discuss how an insurer builds on the investments it has already made to become more adaptable, reduce operational complexity, and free up capacity for growth and customers. Drawing on Slide Insurance's own growth story, the session will cover what it takes to stay modern on an ongoing basis, how technology and service partnerships can lift operational burden off internal teams, and how greater automation, orchestration, and monitoring create a stronger foundation for what comes next.

"Modernization is not a finish line. It is the foundation insurers need to innovate and keep adapting as the market and their business evolve," said Jose Lazares, Chief Product Officer at Duck Creek. "Slide's growth story shows what is possible when a modern platform, automation, and the right technology and service partnerships work together to reduce complexity and create more capacity for innovation. I look forward to exploring that journey with Gauthaman at ITC Vegas."

Booth & Demonstrations

Attendees can engage with Duck Creek and Send experts at both booths and see live demonstrations of how the combined platform accelerates underwriting and simplifies operations across the policy lifecycle. Demonstrations include:

- Send Underwriting Orchestration: a live look at the agentic workflow Duck Creek and Send now offer together, from submission intake and triage through bind and post-bind servicing, on a single risk-centered workspace.

- Duck Creek Suite: low-code configuration tools, open APIs, and add-on products that can be implemented individually or as one cohesive, agentic platform.

- Duck Creek Policy: a cloud-native, configurable policy administration solution with self-service capabilities and automated processing across underwriting, claims, billing, and reinsurance.

- Duck Creek Claims: a SaaS solution that automates workflows and streamlines the process from initial report to final settlement.

- Duck Creek Reinsurance: a comprehensive solution for managing reinsurance partners, contracts, bills, recoveries, and payables.

- Duck Creek Loss Control: a cloud-based platform that helps insurers proactively manage risk, reduce claims, and optimize pricing.

For more on the acquisition, see Duck Creek Acquires Send, Creating the Industry's Only Agentic Underwriting-to-Core Platform.

About Send

Send is the leading underwriting orchestration platform trusted by insurers, MGAs, and reinsurers to navigate complex risks. The platform connects people, data, AI, and workflows to streamline underwriting operations from submission to bind and beyond. With customers across North America, the United Kingdom, Bermuda, and other global insurance markets, Send helps insurers improve underwriting performance, accelerate decision-making, and drive profitable growth. Visit www.send.technology to learn more.

About Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek is the intelligent core that leading insurers choose to build on. Purpose-built for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, Duck Creek unifies the full insurance lifecycle on a single platform with one data foundation. As an agentic platform, it connects intelligence across underwriting, policy, billing, claims, reinsurance, and payment workflows where decisions are made and compliance is non-negotiable. Duck Creek enables carriers to launch products faster, adapt quickly to change, and grow with precision and confidence. Solutions are available individually or as a full suite via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com and follow Duck Creek on LinkedIn and X.

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Partnership brings TCL's award-winning television technology to U.S. Bank Stadium through in-stadium branding, digital activations, and premium hospitality experiences

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL, a leading consumer electronics brand, today announced a new multi-year partnership with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL, becoming the official "Preferred TV of the Minnesota Vikings." The agreement establishes TCL as an endorsed technology partner of the organization, combining brand rights, digital media integration, in-stadium visibility, and premium hospitality benefits.

The designation reflects TCL's continued momentum in the North American TV market and its commitment to connecting with sports fans through immersive, high-visibility brand experiences.

"Being named the Preferred TV of the Minnesota Vikings is a proud moment for TCL," said Chris Hamdorf, Executive Vice President, TCL North America. "This partnership allows us to bring our big screen display technology directly into the game-day experience for one of the NFL's most passionate fanbases in the stadium and at home, while deepening our connection with Vikings fans both inside U.S. Bank Stadium and across their digital platforms."

Partnership Highlights

The multi-year agreement encompasses a comprehensive set of brand, media, and hospitality assets, including:

- Premium Brand Designation. Official use of Vikings marks and logos across TCL advertising and promotional materials, reinforcing the brand's status as a designated technology partner.

- Integrated Digital Presence. TCL branding and content across Vikings-owned digital channels, including Vikings.com, the official mobile app, email newsletters, and social media, along with paid social support and sweepstakes activations.

- In-Stadium Visibility. Prominent placement on displays throughout U.S. Bank Stadium, putting the TCL brand in front of tens of thousands of fans at every home game.

Together, these elements create an integrated platform spanning traditional stadium branding, digital fan engagement, and exclusive hospitality, reinforcing TCL's positioning as a premium, innovation-driven TV brand among NFL fans in the Minneapolis–St. Paul market and beyond.

"We're excited to welcome TCL as the Preferred TV of the Minnesota Vikings," said Martin Nance, Chief Marketing Officer of the Minnesota Vikings. "TCL shares our commitment to delivering exceptional experiences and connecting with fans in meaningful ways. Through this partnership, we'll create new opportunities to engage Vikings fans both at U.S. Bank Stadium and at home to help bring the excitement of Vikings football to life year-round."

The partnership will officially launch during the upcoming NFL season, with TCL branding and activations rolling out across in-stadium, digital, and hospitality touchpoints throughout the season.

About TCL

TCL Electronics specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics including TVs, mobile phones, audio devices, smart home products and appliances. Combining thoughtful design and innovative technology to inspire greatness, our lineup delivers must-have features and meaningful experiences. As one of the world's largest consumer electronics brands, our vertically integrated supply chain, and state-of-the-art display panel factory help TCL deliver innovation for all. For additional product information, please visit www.tcl.com for the full portfolio.

About the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings Football LLC is headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota. The Minnesota Vikings are one of the National Football League's most established and recognized franchises. The team was founded in 1961 and branded the "Vikings" because it represented both the will to succeed and the proud Nordic tradition of the northern Midwest. With the leadership of the Wilf Family, who purchased the franchise in 2005, the team has undergone a major revitalization and rebranding, winning both on and off the field. Under their ownership, the team has captured the NFC North title four times, and advanced to NFC Championship games after the 2009 and 2017 seasons.

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Announces new tokenization project, Panarus; new cross-ledger protocol lab, CLPR

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF Decentralized Trust), the premier open source foundation for decentralized technology, announced 15 new members: Brickken, CertiK, Cosmos, DCP Inc., Ethereum Institutional, EthSystems, EUROPEUM, Federação Nacional de Associações de Servidores do Banco Central (Fenasbac), Hypernative, Interchain Foundation, Sui Foundation, Swift, Vana, Wells Fargo, and Zeeve. These members reflect the rapid pace of adoption of LF Decentralization technologies, especially in the institutional market, and widespread commitment to open, neutral development of the tools and platforms needed for production systems.

Cosmos will join Gateway, Nethermind, and OpenZeppelin in the LF Decentralized Trust booth next week at Sibos. These members will address the challenges financial institutions face as they scale their implementations, including:

- Making Tokenization Work Across All Ledgers (Cosmos)

- What Sovereignty Means for Institutional On-Chain Finance (Gateway)

- Foundations for Tokenized Assets in a Regulated Market (Nethermind)

- Why Tokenized Markets Are Fragmented, and How Open Source Can Undo It (OpenZepplin)

Technology updates

To support the fast maturing market, the LF Decentralized Trust project ecosystem continues to evolve and grow. A line-up of new projects, releases, and labs are bringing news approaches to meeting critical large-scale implementation requirements. These include:

CLPR ("clipper") is a new bridgeless cross-ledger messaging protocol lab contributed by Hedera and developed by the Hashgraph team. It uses state proofs so that independent blockchain networks can directly verify each other's states with no intermediaries. When used with an application built on it, CLPR can enable assets, data, and messages to move securely across ledgers without bridges, pooled liquidity, or intermediary validator networks.

Panurus, a new platform neutral token infrastructure project, serves as a reusable foundation for blockchain-based asset management. It is the evolution of the Hyperledger Fabric Token SDK lab and has already been deployed in CBDC projects in multiple markets. It addresses the critical privacy, performance, and compliance requirements for deploying tokenized assets that comply with real-world regulatory and operational demands.

Hyperledger Cacti 3.0, the biggest release in the project's history, transitions it from a set of connectors to a general-purpose infrastructure for cross-chain research and financial interoperability. It delivers production-grade cross-chain, use-case driven interoperability infrastructure that addresses the need to move value, data, and trust across independently operated ledgers — safely, verifiably, and in a way that can be standardized.

LF Decentralized Trust will also be hosting an invite-only technical workshop in New York City October 22-23 for banking leaders, financial institutions, and core developers building decentralized privacy architectures. The agenda will feature technical deep dives and roadmap updates from open source maintainers and cryptographers advancing zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and confidential computing.

Latest case study

The newest addition to the LF Decentralized Trust case study library also spotlights the role of LF Decentralized technologies, in this case Hiero, in establishing tokenization infrastructure. The case study, Bridging Two Worlds of Digital Money: A Token Interchange Built on Hiero, details Project Acacia, an initiative by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) to explore how different forms of digital money, paired with new infrastructure, could support the development of wholesale tokenized asset markets in Australia.  

"We have reached a tipping point for commercialization of digital assets," said Daniela Barbosa, General Manager, Decentralized Technologies, Linux Foundation, and Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust. "Billions of dollars of assets are already moving across production systems powered by LF Decentralized Trust technologies with more large-scale deployments going live in the coming weeks. As the newest members and technology updates underscore, our community and our technologies are at the core of the next generation of money, including tokenized assets, stablecoins, and CBDCs."

General member quotes

The support of LF Decentralized Trust's members is what makes it a neutral home for technical collaboration and innovation. The 12 new general members include three, Swift, Well Fargo, and Zeeve, that are rejoining the community, another sign of escalating importance of LF Decentralized Trust and its technologies.

Brickken

"Brickken is joining LF Decentralized Trust because its mission perfectly aligns with our vision of building the infrastructure that lets software act within the financial economy responsibly, with clear authority and a verifiable record. Being part of LF Decentralized Trust will allow us to develop that agentic layer alongside other leaders in the field, so the agentic economy is built on open foundations rather than closed ones." — Edwin Mata, CEO and Co-Founder of Brickken

CertiK

"Security is the foundation every enterprise blockchain deployment ultimately depends on, and as regulatory scrutiny of digital assets intensifies globally, that foundation matters more than ever. Joining LF Decentralized Trust lets CertiK bring our formal verification and security expertise directly into the open source development at the core of enterprise, financial institution, and government deployments. We're looking forward to working alongside this community to help set the standard for what trustworthy, production-grade decentralized systems look like." —  Ronghui Gu, Co-Founder and CEO of CertiK

Cosmos

"Cosmos joining LF Decentralized Trust is a natural way for us to evolve our commitment to open source and marks another step in accelerating institutional adoption of blockchain. We started building the Cosmos stack as an open source project in 2014, and today, hundreds of companies use it for their digital ledgers and to connect to different ecosystems. As part of LF Decentralized Trust, Cosmos has a seat at the table, and we're glad to bring our work in digital assets and interoperability to the community." —  Barry Plunkett, Co-CEO of Cosmos

DCP Inc.

"At DCP Inc., our vision is to build a new financial infrastructure guided by our core philosophy of 'digitalizing every form of value and its role to connect intentions with business' through our tokenized deposit platform, 'DCP.' For tokenized deposits to become the foundation of global finance, interoperability, robust security, and neutral yet strict compliance are essential. The mission of LF Decentralized Trust aligns perfectly with our vision, making our participation a natural and inevitable step in our journey. We are deeply honored to collaborate within this open ecosystem to co-create the next generation of financial infrastructure." — Yoshio Hirako, CEO & COO, DCP Inc.

EthSystems

"Institutions will not adopt decentralized infrastructure at scale unless it can meet real-world requirements for confidentiality, compliance, interoperability, and accountability. EthSystems is joining LF Decentralized Trust because open standards and neutral collaboration are essential to addressing these challenges. We look forward to contributing our experience across Ethereum, privacy technologies, and institutional systems to help turn promising research into trusted, production-ready infrastructure." — Mo Jalil, Co-founder and CEO, EthSystems

Hypernative

"Decentralized infrastructure now carries institutional value, and the practices that keep it safe shouldn't sit behind closed doors. LF Decentralized Trust gives builders and operators neutral ground to agree on what good security actually looks like in production. We are joining to contribute what we've learned defending live systems and to work with the community on standards the wider ecosystem can rely on." — Marshall Lipman, VP of Strategy, Hypernative

Interchain Foundation

"For nearly a decade, the Interchain Foundation has championed open source as the foundation of a vibrant, interoperable ecosystem of digital ledger technologies. Joining LF Decentralized Trust is the right next step for us to build toward a vision of open and interoperable financial systems, bridging the old and new." — Josh Cincinnati, Vice President, Interchain Foundation

Sui Foundation

"Traditional finance built its standards over decades, but an equivalent set of standards for tokenized assets has yet to be defined and broadly adopted. The next challenge is making sure these assets move efficiently across institutions and systems through a common language for identity, compliance, and settlement. Open standards efforts now underway, including work within LF Decentralized Trust, are giving the market that common language at the boundaries between systems. Sui provides the high-performance layer needed to put those standards into action." — Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui

Swift

"Swift has always been built on the strength of its global community and a shared commitment to collaboration. Joining LF Decentralized Trust gives us another important forum to work with the broader ecosystem as we work to advance transparent, trusted and resilient infrastructure for the future of digital finance." - Jonathan Ehrenfeld, Head of Strategy, Swift

Vana

"Vana Foundation joined LF Decentralized Trust because the rules for how personal data moves should be neutral and owned by no one, and this is where that work belongs. We contributed the Personal Data Portability Protocol from operating experience, with more than 1.

POMDOCTOR LIMITED Highlights Differentiated "Hardware + AI + Payment" Healthcare Infrastructure Model

GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- POMDOCTOR LIMITED ("Pomdoctor" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: POM), a digital healthcare company focused on advancing AI-enabled healthcare solutions, today highlighted its differentiated "hardware + AI + payment" infrastructure model. The Company believes this integrated approach distinguishes it from traditional internet healthcare platforms and positions Pomdoctor to evolve into a comprehensive digital healthcare technology infrastructure provider.

While conventional internet healthcare platforms typically operate in silos, focusing on discrete services such as online consultations, prescription processing or pharmaceutical transactions, Pomdoctor aims to develop a full-cycle predictive healthcare infrastructure. This system is designed to integrate continuous health monitoring, AI-powered analysis, physician intervention, healthcare payment and fulfillment within a unified, closed-loop ecosystem.

From a global industry perspective, Pomdoctor's model seeks to consolidate capabilities that are typically fragmented across different digital health categories. Wearable technology companies such as Oura demonstrate the value of continuous, longitudinal health-data capture; virtual healthcare platforms such as Teladoc Health validate the effectiveness of digitally delivered medical consultations; and AI healthcare technology companies such as Tempus AI prove the potential of applying AI analytics to real-world data for actionable insights.

Pomdoctor's strategy is to converge these capabilities into one integrated healthcare ecosystem, moving beyond standalone solutions to create a synergistic infrastructure where the combined value of connected data, AI, clinical services, and payment capabilities can exceed that of individual components operating independently.

The Company believes this integrated model offers three distinct core advantages:

- Healthcare and Compliance Foundation. Pomdoctor has established robust physician networks, proprietary clinical workflows, rigorous prescription protocols and a mature pharmaceutical fulfillment infrastructure in China. This operational foundation is built around compliant, real-world medical delivery, providing a high barrier to entry for pure-play tech competitors.

- Proprietary Wearable Device Gateway. The Company is developing a portfolio of proprietary wearable technologies designed to function as a continuous healthcare data gateway. By collecting longitudinal physiological and behavioral data, these devices generate a high-frequency, real-world data stream that can support Pomdoctor's predictive AI models, enabling earlier risk detection and proactive health management.

- Native Integration with Healthcare Payment Networks. A key differentiator of Pomdoctor's model is its deep integration with China's healthcare payment systems. By embedding payment capabilities directly into its ecosystem, including connectivity with commercial insurers and local medical savings accounts-based health management, the Company seeks to close the healthcare delivery loop. This integration is designed not only to facilitate patient access and adherence, but also to create a scalable and monetizable pathway for the Company's services.

By combining these capabilities, Pomdoctor believes its long-term value proposition warrants evaluation beyond the traditional metrics applied to standalone telemedicine or internet healthcare platforms. The Company believes that its future performance should increasingly be assessed through a digital healthcare technology infrastructure lens -- one that considers the compounding value of proprietary hardware, AI-driven data assets, clinical services, and payment connectivity. This comprehensive framework, the Company asserts, can offer analysts and investors a broader perspective on its evolving business model and sustainable growth trajectory.

Mr. Zhenyang Shi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pomdoctor, commented, "We believe the future of digital healthcare lies not in a single product or service, but in the integration of data, technology, medical services and payment infrastructure. By connecting wearable devices, AI intelligence, physician resources and healthcare payment capabilities, we are constructing an integrated infrastructure that supports continuous and predictive healthcare across the full patient journey."

About POMDOCTOR LIMITED

POMDOCTOR LIMITED (NASDAQ: POM) is a digital healthcare company focused on advancing AI-enabled healthcare solutions and expanding predictive healthcare capabilities. The Company leverages physician resources, wearable technologies, artificial intelligence, healthcare payment networks and real-world healthcare data to support more personalized, continuous and data-driven healthcare services. Building upon its established healthcare platform and physician network, POM is pursuing the development of a predictive healthcare data and services infrastructure designed to improve healthcare outcomes and create long-term value for patients, healthcare providers and other ecosystem participants. For more information, please visit the Company's website: http://ir.7shiliu.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company's current expectations and projections about future events that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can find many (but not all) of these statements by the use of words such as "approximates," "believes," "hopes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "projects," "intends," "plans," "will," "would," "should," "could," "may" or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's filings with the SEC.

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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Trade Finance Systems 2026 Vendor Assessment (#US54139826, August 2026). The report evaluates 12 vendors that provide trade finance solutions for corporate banks.

According to the report, "Banking organizations seeking a comprehensive, fully integrated digital trade and supply chain finance suite with production-deployed agentic AI and the support infrastructure of a major global technology provider" should evaluate Oracle Banking Trade and Supply Chain Finance. IDC MarketScape's assessment cites "Oracle's a broad production deployment of agentic AI in trade finance with five documented AI agents operating across management, letter-of-credit workability, guarantee validation, corporate advisory, and supply chain finance program creation."

As trade finance organizations contend with increased market uncertainty, more complex regulatory expectations, and the ongoing transition from paper-based processes to electronically recognized trade documents, they need technology that can help connect workflows, manage risk, and improve operational efficiency. Oracle believes IDC MarketScape's recognition reflects Oracle's extensive front-to-back digital trade capabilities that help banks modernize and automate their trade finance operations for an ecosystem led trade business.

"In 2026, trade finance vendors are facing three key challenges: proving that their AI claims hold up under customer scrutiny, preparing for a trade ecosystem that is steadily shifting from paper to electronically recognized documents, and proving they have strong governance to meet tightening regulatory requirements and support advanced risk management leveraging AI for continuous monitoring of key risk indicators," said Maria Adele Di Comite, senior research director, IDC Financial Insights. "Across this assessment, vendors show meaningful progress on each of these fronts, though the pace and depth of progress vary across the vendor landscape."

"We believe Oracle's recognition as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape reflects our sustained investment in moving agentic AI from pilot to production across the trade finance life cycle," said Sovan Shatpathy, senior vice president, software engineering, Oracle Financial Services. "Our digital trade platform helps banks transition from digitization to true operational intelligence, to deliver business outcomes."

Oracle's Trade Finance suite is used by more than 170 banks in over 70 countries to help streamline trade operations and support secure connections across the trade ecosystem. The SWIFT-certified, cloud-based platform supports digital self-service, process management, and back-office operations across major trade instruments and supply chain finance.

The suite supports straight-through processing workflows, compliance with standards such as Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 600, progressive adoption of ICC DSI KTTDE, the latest SWIFT and FCI messaging capabilities. It also helps banks digitalize manual processes, expand corporate self-service capabilities, improve productivity, accelerate time to market, and strengthen risk and compliance operations.

To learn more about Oracle trade finance solutions visit: https://www.oracle.com/financial-services/banking/trade-finance/ or see our solutions in action by visiting Oracle's Exhibition Stand H057 at SIBOS in Miami, Florida Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2026.

About IDC MarketScape

IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

About Oracle Financial Services

Oracle Financial Services provides solutions for retail banking, corporate banking, payments, asset management, life insurance, annuities, and healthcare payers. With our comprehensive set of integrated digital and data platforms, banks and insurers are empowered to deliver next-generation financial services. We enable customer-centric transformation, support collaborative innovation, and drive efficiency. Our data and analytical platforms help financial institutions drive customer insight, integrate risk and finance, fight financial crime, and comply with regulations. To learn more, visit our website at https://www.oracle.com/financial-services/.

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Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.

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