Irvine – October 13, 2026 -- Bluon has launched Asset Manager, a feature that enriches historical HVAC equipment records using a proprietary dataset of more than 35 million unique model numbers across 270 OEMs dating back to 1980.

Fairfax – October 13, 2026 -- CGI Federal has released Momentum 8.4, making its financial, acquisition and budget management suite the first core financial system on the Treasury FM QSMO Marketplace to offer commercial-off-the-shelf integration with GO.gov, the federal travel management system. The release is available now to all federal agencies.

Perth – October 13, 2026 -- Capture6 has launched Project Tortuga, an industrial-scale facility in Western Australia that recovers freshwater from brine and captures CO2 from the air, with eight containerized units now running as a single integrated system at the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct near Perth.

Fort Atkinson, Wis. – October 13, 2026 -- The 2026 Women in Supply Chain ForumTM Award attracted more than 300 submissions, including a record 70 self-nominations and a record 44 nominations from male colleagues, managers and industry peers, according to organizers Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

Raleigh – October 13, 2026 -- Ledger Run, a clinical trial financial management provider, has appointed former Cytel and Oracle product executive Anne Pelz as Vice President of Product and is increasing R&D spending to build an AI-powered, end-to-end financial platform.

Boston – October 13, 2026 -- Red Queen Bio PBC has recruited Ian Watson, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense, to lead its government affairs strategy as the AI biosecurity company expands its work with federal buyers.

Langhorne, Pa. – October 13, 2026 -- Perspecta has launched a redesigned version of its ProviderDirectoryAI (PDAI) solution, adding list, map and card views and client-specific member content to a search tool used by health plans, workers' compensation teams and provider organizations.

The redesign extends existing provider search capabilities and targets users on mobile, tablet and desktop. Perspecta says it built the update from client and end-user feedback.

New York – October 13, 2026 -- KNOWIDEA, the decision intelligence company, has published a research paper co-authored with Georgia Tech and developed with one of the world's largest asset managers, aimed at making AI-generated financial database queries verifiable before they inform decisions.

The paper, titled "VeriPIE: Checkable Query Plans and Evidence-Guided Selection for Text-to-SQL," describes a method that improves the accuracy of AI-written database queries. Each answer comes with evidence that a risk team can validate before acting on it.

Research Triangle Park – October 13, 2026 -- IQVIA has selected four Veeva applications (CTMS, eTMF, Study Startup and Site Connect) as enterprise standards for its clinical development studies, extending a partnership that previously covered Veeva's EDC.

IQVIA and Veeva widen the clinical technology tie-up beyond EDC

IQVIA (NYSE: IQV) and Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) announced the expansion on Oct. 13, 2026. The companies say the combined offering is intended to raise trial speed and efficiency, strengthen site centricity and improve decision-making.

San Jose – October 13, 2026 -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) has won a six-figure initial contract for its embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Hard IP, to be used in a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) built on a 16nm automotive process technology.

The SoC targets battery management, precision motor control and industrial robotic applications. QuickLogic expects the contract to generate license revenue over the next six months. Royalty revenue is anticipated once the customer begins production shipments.