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Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 18, 2026 -- First Student and Con Edison have completed the first phase of an electric school bus infrastructure project in New York City, cutting charging infrastructure construction costs by 13% through a trenchless deployment method.

Trenchless charging technology avoids underground trenching costs in dense boroughs

The project's core innovation, First Student's First ChargeTM system, is a trenchless, modular charging infrastructure solution that bypasses traditional underground trenching. The approach reduced construction costs by 13% while minimizing disruption in Brooklyn and Queens, two of the most logistically complex urban environments in the United States for utility work.

San Diego – September 18, 2026 -- Lytx Inc. has launched the Lytx 360 Hub Kit, a hub and auxiliary camera system that adds up to eight HD camera views around a vehicle's sides, rear, cargo area, and blind zones, extending its fleet video platform beyond forward-facing monitoring.

Lytx expands camera coverage to eight HD views per vehicle

The 360 Hub Kit integrates up to four HD auxiliary camera views out of the box, expandable to eight, covering sides, rear, cargo, and blind-zone perspectives. Footage is automatically surfaced in Lytx Video Search and synchronized with the company's existing DriveCam recordings, giving safety teams a single vehicle timeline instead of separate video streams.

Lititz, Pa. – September 18, 2026 -- Listrak has launched Listrak Studio, a Figma plugin that converts email designs directly into ready-to-send, cross-client-tested campaigns, cutting production time and potentially saving retailers over 250 hours a year in email build work.

Listrak Studio removes the manual handoff between design and deployment

The plugin allows marketing teams to design emails in Figma and transfer them directly into Listrak's platform, eliminating the need to rebuild HTML from scratch or wait on developer translation. Designs are converted into responsive emails validated across major clients including Outlook and Gmail, then saved directly into Listrak accounts ready to attach to campaigns.

Roswell, Ga. – September 18, 2026 -- HealthIQ Solutions, LLC and Eirion.ai have entered a strategic technology partnership to embed predictive AI models into remote patient care platforms, targeting early detection of heart attacks, strokes and acute kidney failure before symptoms appear.

Partnership integrates predictive AI into remote monitoring dashboards

The collaboration will fuse Eirion.ai's predictive modeling architectures with HealthIQ Solutions' remote patient care infrastructure, giving treating physicians forward-looking clinical risk alerts rather than post-event data. The joint initiative targets real-time predictive risk scoring embedded directly into provider dashboards used across ambulatory networks and health systems nationwide.

United States – September 18, 2026 -- Mindray North America has launched the SV70 non-invasive ventilator in the United States, targeting respiratory departments left scrambling after Philips withdrew its V60 device, the previous clinical standard in non-invasive ventilation.

Philips V60 withdrawal forces hospitals into fleet-wide equipment replacements

The exit of the V60 from the market has created operational and financial strain on respiratory departments, pushing hospitals into large-scale replacement cycles while they try to preserve clinical familiarity, workflow continuity and patient safety. Mindray designed the SV70 specifically to absorb that transition without disrupting existing clinical routines.

Dallas – September 18, 2026 -- Lightbeam Health Solutions has appointed Thomas P. McCarrick, MD, MBI, as Chief Medical Officer, effective August 31, 2026, bringing more than four decades of clinical and healthcare leadership experience to the AI-enabled population health company.

Physician executive joins with dual informatics and value-based care credentials

Dr. McCarrick is board certified in family medicine, geriatric medicine, and clinical informatics. His background spans primary care, population health, care coordination, and value-based healthcare delivery, according to the company.

Los Angeles – September 18, 2026 -- Planet Nine Private Air will send executives and operational leaders to four aviation industry events this fall, spanning safety training, market economics, and regional networking.

Company Confirms Attendance at NBAA-BACE, SCAA, CJI Miami and Bombardier Safety Standdown

The private jet management and charter operator's fall 2026 schedule includes the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the Southern California Aviation Association (SCAA) Golf Tournament, Corporate Jet Investor (CJI) Miami, and the Bombardier Safety Standdown in Wichita, Kansas.

Bombardier Safety Standdown Marks 30th Anniversary Milestone

Planet Nine team members will attend the Wichita seminar, which marks its 30th anniversary this year, to reinforce crew training protocols and safety culture.

Grants Pass, Ore. – September 18, 2026 -- Becklin Holdings has acquired Chief Avionics, an FAA-certified avionics repair station based at Grants Pass Airport (3S8) in Southern Oregon, adding certified aircraft maintenance capabilities and a physical airport footprint to its aerospace and defense portfolio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Acquisition adds FAA-certified repair station status to Becklin's growing platform

Chief Avionics' FAA certification authorizes the company to perform specialized maintenance and alterations on aircraft and aviation equipment under federal requirements. The company will retain its name and continue operating from its Grants Pass Airport location, providing avionics installation, upgrades, service, and over-the-counter product sales to general aviation aircraft owners and operators. Its core focus spans navigation, communications, and other advanced aircraft electronic systems.

Silicon Valley – September 18, 2026 -- MapUp, Inc. has expanded its NavGuru navigation platform to embed live truck parking, weigh station, wash and low-bridge data directly into fleet routing screens, aiming to close a compliance gap that costs a 3,000-truck fleet an estimated $5 million a year.

Fuel-plan compliance jumped from 74% to 98% in four months

At one dedicated carrier operating more than 2,500 trucks, fuel-prescription compliance rose from 74% to above 98% within four months of integrating the fuel plan into driver navigation, according to MapUp. The company says a plan followed only three-quarters of the time forfeits a quarter of its projected savings before any results are booked.

Ann Arbor – September 18, 2026 -- Merge has launched MergeIQTM, an artificial intelligence layer embedded across its imaging platform, targeting radiology, cardiology, pathology and other imaging specialties without adding standalone systems for IT teams to manage.

Two AI applications debut inside Merge Workflow Orchestrator

The first MergeIQ applications, RelevancyIQTM and NaviIQ, are now available within Merge Workflow Orchestrator, the platform that unifies enterprise worklists for caseload management, interpretation and collaboration. RelevancyIQ identifies and ranks prior reports by relevance to the current case, while NaviIQ searches within those prior reports to surface findings and historical context. Both tools are embedded directly into the radiologist's diagnostic reading workflow, delivering supporting data at the point of interpretation rather than requiring clinicians to search across disconnected systems.