Tampa – October 27, 2026 -- TheIncLab, the trade name of Mente Systems, Inc., has been selected by the U.S. Army to deliver commercial software for Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) to I Corps. The selection follows a $99 million contract awarded on Sept. 29.

PROVIDENCE – October 27, 2026 -- The Rhode Island Life Science Hub (RILSH) and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to plan how Rhode Island hospitals can join the MLSC-supported biobank network, with Alzheimer's and other brain diseases as the first focus.

New York – October 27, 2026 -- ProJenX will present long-term Phase 1b data at the 2026 NEALS Annual Meeting showing that its ALS candidate prosetin reached target therapeutic exposures and kept a favorable safety profile over extended dosing. The meeting runs Oct. 27-30 in Clearwater, Florida, and online.

BOSTON – October 27, 2026 -- Mutual Benefit Group (MBG) has selected four Duck Creek products, Policy, Billing, Producer Portal and Clarity Data Foundation, to run a greenfield build of its future-state platform for a new business in Delaware, Duck Creek announced.

MBG to launch three commercial lines in Delaware

The Delaware business will start with Businessowners Policy, Commercial Umbrella and Workers' Compensation coverage. MBG will expand into other states only once it has proven out the model, according to the company.

MINNEAPOLIS and HOUSTON – October 27, 2026 -- Skyward Group has become the primary carrier partner of AI-native insurer Slingshot Insurance. The deal gives Slingshot customers access to an AM Best A-rated carrier in all 50 U.S. states.

Skyward co-led Slingshot's $27 million seed round

The partnership follows Slingshot's emergence from stealth with a $27 million seed round co-led by Skyward Group. Skyward's operating businesses include Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. and Apollo Group Holdings Ltd. The group trades on Nasdaq under the ticker SKWD.

PORTLAND, Maine – October 27, 2026 -- mainelove's Perfectly Still Water has won Double Gold in the Non-Carbonated Water category at the inaugural 2026 Water Choice Awards, presented by The Daily Pour, as the Maine-sourced brand expands into Florida and adds hotel placements.

CHEYENNE – – October 27, 2026 -- U.S. Gold Corp. (Nasdaq: USAU) will put its chairman, Luke Norman, in front of individual and institutional investors on October 29, 2026, with a corporate presentation at the Emerging Growth Conference scheduled for 12:00 pm EDT.

Live Q&A format gives investors direct access to U.S. Gold's chairman

The company is inviting investors, advisors and analysts to attend the real-time, interactive session. Questions can be submitted in advance by email or asked during the presentation. Norman will take as many as time allows.

Beverly, Mass. – October 27, 2026 -- Axcelis Technologies (Nasdaq: ACLS) has appointed Jeroen Delsman, a finance executive with more than 26 years of experience, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 12, 2026, as the ion implantation supplier prepares for its pending merger with Veeco.

DENVER – October 27, 2026 -- Nextworld has launched three products for upstream and midstream oil, gas and energy companies that move field tickets, supplier compliance and lease tracking out of spreadsheets and inboxes and into the ERPs operators already run. The products are nextField, nextVendor and nextLand, and all three are available now.

They are built to work alongside ERPs including SAP S/4HANA, JD Edwards, IFS, Quorum and Enertia. Nextworld says operators can start with a single workflow and add more over time, with no rip-and-replace.

Boston – October 27, 2026 -- Sycurio launched Sycurio.Analytics, an on-demand analytics suite that lets enterprises using its Sycurio.Digital platform pinpoint where customers abandon payments and where technical faults disrupt transactions. Centralized dashboards track payment volumes, conversion rates and payment service provider (PSP) performance.