Partnership

Toronto – October 06, 2026 -- Prophix, a financial performance management provider, has entered a strategic collaboration with PwC Belgium to help enterprise clients automate budgeting, reporting, and financial close processes.

Prophix and PwC Belgium combine technology and advisory services for finance automation

The relationship pairs Prophix's Autonomous Finance Platform with PwC Belgium's advisory expertise to help organizations move beyond compliance-driven finance operations toward automated, insight-driven decision-making.

The collaboration targets four core finance functions

The partnership covers budgeting and planning, reporting and analysis, workflow automation, and consolidation and close. Stated goals include improving budget accuracy, accelerating close cycles, unifying data sources, and building dashboards with reduced manual effort.

Austin, Texas – October 05, 2026 -- Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) has signed a license-to-manufacture agreement with Dixon Electro Appliances Private Ltd. to produce designated products from its WTM 4000 microwave radio family in India, targeting a market Aviat estimates at roughly 250,000 links over the next four years.

Dixon will manufacture and sell approved WTM 4000 products to select Indian telecom operators

Under the deal, Dixon handles local manufacturing and sales to designated operators, while Aviat retains intellectual property ownership and continues supplying software and services. The arrangement departs from a traditional contract manufacturing structure, allowing Aviat to scale output in India without taking on direct production constraints.

Tromsø, Norway – – October 05, 2026 -- Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Xoople have signed a partnership under which Xoople will use KSATlite, KSAT's automated Ground Segment-as-a-Service, to support deployment and operations of its satellite constellation.

Xoople selects KSATlite for global data downlink

Xoople will use the global KSATlite network, including newly added sites, to downlink large volumes of Earth observation data and deliver information from space to ground users. KSATlite, launched in 2016, maintains an average contact success rate above 99.8% across missions ranging from single satellites to large constellations.

New York – October 05, 2026 -- Diray Media, a woman-owned, WBENC-certified performance media company, has named Media Consulting Group (MCG) as its upstream optimization partner for streaming TV, extending its outcomes-based media model into the supply chain before bids are placed.

Diray extends its performance model upstream into supply-side procurement

Diray built its business model on scoring every media placement against client outcomes -- sales, orders, leads, and market share -- then adjusting buys to improve results. The company identified supply-side structuring as the next lever in that discipline, selecting MCG to shape streaming inventory before it reaches the bid rather than optimizing only after a placement is won.

Sydney – October 04, 2026 -- First Graphene Limited has signed a three-year Development and Commercialisation Agreement with Turkish prepreg manufacturer Aeropreg to bring a graphene-enhanced carbon fibre prepreg to market, targeting aerospace, defence, automotive and marine applications.

Agreement pairs PureGRAPH additives with Aeropreg's resin and manufacturing base

Under the deal, First Graphene's proprietary epoxy concentrates will be used to integrate its PureGRAPH graphene into Aeropreg's existing carbon fibre prepreg production lines. The development program will first establish controlled, repeatable graphene loading levels before validating strength, durability and manufacturability of the resulting composite material.

Boca Raton, Fla. – October 02, 2026 -- Florida Atlantic University and Blue Ops, the maritime division of Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT), have signed a strategic partnership placing uncrewed maritime systems operations at FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce.

Blue Ops gains a 144-acre deep-water testing site for uncrewed surface vessels

The agreement grants Blue Ops access to Harbor Branch's secure, 144-acre deep-water port, waterfront infrastructure and marine engineering staff to develop, test and evaluate uncrewed surface vessels, mission systems and open architectures. Activities will include engineering, land- and water-based demonstrations, personnel training, and equipment maintenance and support.

Las Vegas – October 01, 2026 -- Bold Penguin, the Digital Broker for commercial insurance, has entered a global strategic partnership with bolttech, an insurtech operating in 39 countries across four continents, to build a joint commercial and personal lines offering for agents, insurers and embedded partners in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Bold Penguin's U.S. customers gain access to bolttech's personal lines tools through one interface

The deal combines Bold Penguin's Digital Exchange, which matches commercial risks to best-fit markets from submission through real-time quote and digital bind, with bolttech's embedded distribution network and AI-enabled workflows spanning personal and commercial lines. Bold Penguin also contributes its DeX ai intelligence layer and integrated commercial carrier network to the arrangement.

Johannesburg – October 01, 2026 -- Absa Group has selected Thunes as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing partner, expanding a collaboration that links Absa's Pan-African banking footprint to Thunes' Direct Global Network spanning more than 140 countries, 90 currencies, and 220 payment methods.

Deal builds on South Africa's Absa Global Pay launch

The new agreement extends the two companies' prior rollout of Absa Global Pay in South Africa, which combined Absa's banking franchise with Thunes' global payment connectivity and local-market capabilities. The expanded partnership now underpins Absa's broader cross-border payments strategy across African and global markets.

Clearing link enables payouts beyond bank accounts

By connecting directly to Thunes' network, the collaboration allows Absa to route payouts to mobile wallets and card rails, not just bank accounts, with 24/7 liquidity and enterprise-grade compliance built in.

Tokyo – September 30, 2026 -- TIER IV, the developer behind the open-source autonomous driving software Autoware, has joined Arm Total Design for Physical AI, a move aimed at expanding Autoware's availability across Arm-based system-on-chips and in-vehicle computing platforms.

TIER IV extends its Arm partnership beyond Open AD Kit

The announcement builds on TIER IV's existing collaboration with Arm through Open AD Kit, an open framework within the Autoware Foundation ecosystem designed to simplify deployment of Autoware across computing platforms. The partnership was demonstrated publicly at CES 2026, where Open AD Kit ran on Arm-based computing platforms.

Seoul – September 30, 2026 -- LG Energy Solution has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with U.S. commercial EV startup indiGOtech to supply 46-series NCM cylindrical battery cells from 2027 to 2030, targeting indiGOtech's upcoming Flow Ride and Flow Cargo electric vans.

Deal targets commercial van platforms for logistics and ride-hailing

indiGOtech, headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, builds an integrated ecosystem combining electric commercial vans, charging infrastructure, and digital fleet services for the North American market. The battery supply agreement would underpin the company's Flow Ride and Flow Cargo vehicle lines, aimed at last-mile delivery, logistics, and ride-hailing fleets.