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Ex-Google Executive Fratarcangeli Joins Qtonic Quantum as Alliance Advisor

Miami – September 15, 2026 -- Qtonic Quantum has appointed Gina Fratarcangeli, a former Google Managing Director who oversaw an $8 billion Global Strategic Integrator ecosystem, as Senior Advisor for AI Transformation and Global Alliances. The move brings three decades of enterprise leadership from Google, Accenture, IBM and Genpact to a quantum cyber risk company scaling its post-quantum readiness business.

Fratarcangeli drove 89% year-over-year growth leading Google's North America systems integrator business

At Google, Fratarcangeli managed profit-and-loss portfolios of up to $5 billion and guided enterprise modernization programs for Fortune 1000 companies. Her joint AI go-to-market strategies with global systems integrators delivered 89% year-over-year growth, according to the company.

Tecnau, Sitma to Debut AutoSetup, CutReady at PRINTING United 2026

North Andover, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- Tecnau and Sitma will present new print finishing and packaging automation technology at PRINTING United Expo 2026, running September 23-25 in Las Vegas, under the banner "From Print to Profit."

Revolution 50 AutoSetup eliminates manual changeover delays

Tecnau's Revolution 50 AutoSetup will demonstrate automatic format changes between applications without operator intervention, a capability designed to remove traditional finishing setup bottlenecks and increase throughput for print providers running diverse job mixes.

SandboxAQ, Northrop Grumman Test MagNav on Attritable Drone

Palo Alto, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- SandboxAQ has completed what it calls the world's first reported test of a magnetic navigation (MagNav) system on an attritable drone platform, integrating its AQNav software into Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack Group 3 unmanned aircraft system.

Test marks first pairing of MagNav with visual navigation on a one-way attack platform

The flight demonstration also represents the first reported instance of a MagNav system operating alongside a visual navigation system on an attritable, one-way attack drone, according to SandboxAQ. Lumberjack, developed by Northrop Grumman in under 14 months from concept to first flight, is designed as a multi-use loitering munition.

Provident Sells 161,408-SF Arlington Logistics Center After 1-Month Lease-Up

Dallas – September 15, 2026 -- Provident Industrial has sold A20 Logistics Center, a 161,408-square-foot industrial building in Arlington, Texas, to an institutional buyer, closing out a project that leased half its space within one month of delivery.

Provident completed construction in January 2026, twelve months after breaking ground

The developer broke ground on the project in January 2025 in partnership with Humphreys Fund IV, managed by Humphreys Capital. Located at 4601 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, just south of I-20 next to Arlington Municipal Airport, the site sits roughly 30 minutes from downtown Dallas, downtown Fort Worth, and DFW International Airport.

Elbit Systems Rebrands U.S. Unit as Twenty-Six Defense

Fort Worth, Texas – September 15, 2026 -- Elbit Systems Ltd.'s U.S. operating segment will now operate as Twenty-Six Defense, a rebranding that reinforces the Israeli defense contractor's long-term commitment to domestic manufacturing amid U.S. government pressure to expand industrial capacity.

New entity employs 3,300 workers with three decades of military support

Twenty-Six Defense, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, employs 3,300 Americans who have supported the U.S. military for more than 30 years. The company remains a reportable operating segment of Elbit Systems Ltd. and continues to operate under a Special Security Agreement, a structure required for foreign-owned defense contractors handling classified U.S. government work.

Integrity Partners With Dallas-Based Brave Insurance Group

Dallas – September 15, 2026 -- Integrity, LLC has partnered with Brave Insurance Group, a Dallas-based independent marketing organization founded by Blake Naylor specializing in final expense insurance. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Integrity adds a final expense specialist to its distribution network

Brave Insurance Group serves clients nationwide with final expense insurance solutions and will now gain access to Integrity's technology platform, including IntegrityCONNECT, a business growth engine offering demographic-segmented leads, instant health and life quoting, and application processing. The agency will also integrate Ask Integrity, Integrity's AI-powered and voice-activated digital assistant that delivers coverage recommendations and lifecycle reminders through its CRM.

Bioness, OneStep Partner to Add Smartphone Gait Tracking to Neurorehab

Valencia, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Bioness Medical, Inc. and OneStep have struck a partnership that lets clinicians measure patient gait and mobility using only a smartphone, both in clinic and in daily life, the companies announced.

Data from 300 patients shows measurable gains in walking speed and stride length

More than 300 patients were evaluated on OneStep's gait analysis platform to gauge the immediate impact of functional electrical stimulation from Bioness' L300 Go and L300 Go Plus systems. Among adults using the L300 Go Plus, stride length increased by 5.9 cm and walking velocity rose from 0.68 to 0.74 m/s, with parallel gains in overall and symmetry-based gait scores.

Milagro Expands Autonomous Coding to 12 CSA Surgery Centers

Austin, Texas – September 15, 2026 -- Milagro has extended its autonomous surgical coding platform to three additional ambulatory surgery centers operated by Constitution Surgery Alliance (CSA), bringing total deployment to 12 CSA facilities across New England and the Northeast.

CSA scales automated coding while keeping certified coders in the review loop

The expansion supports increasingly complex surgical coding workflows at CSA, one of the largest independent operators of outpatient surgery centers in the U.S. Sayword Hill, SVP of Revenue Cycle for CSA, said Milagro's automation is layered with the organization's existing coding review, quality assurance and auditing processes, allowing certified coding professionals to maintain oversight as automation scope grows.

EMD Serono Acquires PostEra's Oral Fertility Drug Programs

Boston – September 15, 2026 -- EMD Serono, Inc., the U.S. and Canada healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has acquired two preclinical fertility drug programs from PostEra, a biotechnology company that uses artificial intelligence for small-molecule drug discovery.

EMD Serono takes over two AI-derived fertility programs from PostEra

The deal covers a class of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) agonists for ovarian stimulation in IVF and a separate class of luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) agonists targeting male infertility and ovulation triggering in IVF. Both programs were developed over the past two years using PostEra's Proton AI platform and remain in preclinical development, with safety and efficacy in humans not yet established.

HFNC Market to Hit $1.44B by 2031 as Vapotherm, Telesair Recapitalize

Delray Beach, Fla. – – September 15, 2026 -- The global High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) market is projected to grow from USD 0.94 billion in 2026 to USD 1.44 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 8.9%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

North America leads a market shifting toward recurring consumables revenue

North America held the largest regional share of the HFNC market in 2025, supported by advanced critical-care infrastructure and established manufacturers. By product, consumables and accessories outpaced systems in market share, while adults represented the largest patient-type segment. Acute respiratory failure treatment led application demand, and hospitals remained the dominant end-user category due to intensive care unit and emergency department volumes.

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