CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

A Canadian Navy destroyer just completed the first successful sea trials with a new-generation inertial navigation system (INS) and data distribution network supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC).

The Iroquois-class destroyer, HMCS Athabaskan, is the first naval ship to go to sea with the MK49 ring-laser gyro navigator (RLGN) INS and Navigation Data Distribution System (NavDDS). The systems were developed by Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and NEW YORK, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Game Publisher Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC) today announces that its in-house studio, Playlogic Game Factory, continues its collaboration with SCEE London Studio's First Party development team, part of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (SCEE).

Playlogic Game Factory recently completed the development on EyeToy(R) Pom Pom Party(c) for the PlayStation(R)2 which will be released this quarter.

Furthermore, the Playlogic Game Factory has been assisting SCEE London Studio with the development of the recently announced EyePet(TM). The collaboration on the development of this project will continue into 2009.

ZURICH, Switzerland, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

gategroup, the leading global provider of above-the-wing services to the airline industry, today announced a consolidation of two European operating divisions, the creation of a region focusing on the Middle East and South Asia, and the formation of a seven-member core Executive Board to focus on the group's operational and commercial priorities.

Two European divisions will be combined into a single Europe and Africa Region and a new region is being created as of Nov. 1, 2008, to cover the growing Middle East and South Asia markets.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- POT-4 is the first complement inhibitor to be tested in AMD patients

Potentia Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biotechnology company developing medicines for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), announced today that the Company will be presenting its ASaP Phase I clinical data for its leading drug candidate, POT-4, during the Retina Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, on November 7, 2008.

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Survey Finds Global Financial and Transportation Organizations Lagging in Implementing Application Security Requirements

What: Ounce Labs, the industry leader in static application security testing (SAST), today released the findings of an independent survey report by Quocirca Ltd. that examines application development outsourcing practices from 200 of the largest organizations in the UK and the U.S. One of the more surprising report findings reveals that financial and transportation organizations are lagging in implementing application security requirements in their outsourced development projects.

OXFORD, England, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Opus Evolution Boosts Opus Energy's Turnover by 25% and 3,000 New Sites in Just 12 Months

Opus Energy, a leading independent supplier of electricity to UK businesses, is celebrating the success of its market-leading online energy purchasing system, which was launched just over 12 months ago but is already responsible for 25% of its turnover and has added over 3,000 sites through new customers.