Mr. Jim Barrett reports

EDGETI PROUDLY ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH SABEL SYSTEMS TO FURTHER FAST-TRACK DIGITAL ENGINEERING FOR THE NAVAL AND ARMY DEFENSE INDUSTRIES

Edge Total Intelligence Inc. (EdgeTI) and Sabel Systems Technology Solutions LLC have expanded a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of mission-ready digital engineering and operational digital-twin solutions across several key warfighting domains -- including maritime, vehicle defence manufacturing and multiple engineering systems for intelligence in active hostile operating environments.

This expanded strategic partnership furthers the company's recent announced partnership with Austal USA and teaming with Sabel Systems at the 2025 Defense TechConnect Summit through Friday at the Gaylord in National Harbor, Md. By embedding both Sabel's deep systems engineering and defence R&D (research and development) expertise with EdgeTI's proven edgeCore and the company's newly acquired digital assets from the Austal acquisition announced Nov. 4, 2025, these digital operations platforms will deliver composable, secure and operationally focused digital twins that support allied government customers within the defence industry's modernization and defence acquisition objectives.

Key partnership highlights:

• Further integration of edgeCore -- broaden EdgeTI's edgeCore implementation for digital solutions leveraging Sabel's engineering expertise to unify source of truth data with real-time operations and automated decision execution across the entire asset life cycle;
• Digital-twin shipyards and fleet maintenance -- enable end-to-end visibility and workflow orchestration from design and production to sustainment for naval and industrial shipyard operations with Austal's maritime footprint;
• Defence and field manufacturing scale -- adapt digital-twin innovations developed for maritime programs to land-based manufacturing, XM30-class field platforms and other mission-critical production scenarios, leveraging EdgeTI's ecosystem of system integrators and contract vehicles;
• Industry 4.0 acceleration -- leverage IoT (Internet of Things), robotics, automation and artificial-intelligence-enabled analytics to reduce production cycle time, lower sustainment costs and increase readiness;
• Composable, low-risk integration -- rapidly integrate with existing MBSE (model-based systems engineering), PLM (product life-cycle management), ERP (enterprise resource planning), MES (manufacturing execution system), CRM (customer relationship management), BPM (business process management) and command systems, minimizing program disruption and procurement risk with edgeCore's no-replatforming approach;
• Designed for contested environments -- architect for secure, resilient operations with composable digital twins that function in mission-critical and degraded-connectivity scenarios;
• Aligned with continuing industry movement -- build on recent industry digital transformation momentum across shipbuilding and defence manufacturers seeking connected, autonomous production ecosystems.

Strategic rationale and opportunity

The partnership is purpose built to help manufacturers and defence primes accelerate qualification and fielding of digital engineering capabilities that meet stringent government and prime-contractor requirements. By delivering interoperable, demonstrable digital twins and production controls, EdgeTI and Sabel aim to shorten acquisition timelines, strengthen proposals for government contracts, and derisk demonstrations required by program offices and integrators.

Jim Barrett, chief executive officer of Edge Total Intelligence, stated: "Operational digital twins are the next decisive capability for defence manufacturing and sustainment. Pairing edgeCore's secure, composable operations layer with Sabel's proven digital engineering capabilities enables speed to delivered capabilities that meet warfighter and defence program expectations for security, auditability and operational relevance."

Shawn N. Purvis, chief executive officer of Sabel Systems, stated: "Sabel has long focused on making digital engineering a reality that delivers tangible outcomes across the weapon systems development life cycle. Our strategic partnership with EdgeTI furthers this critical goal by enabling factory-to-fleet solutions that give our government and allied partners measurable readiness, immediate return on investment, and cost-saving benefits."

Record and confidence

EdgeTI and Sabel bring complementary histories of technical delivery and defence-focused engineering. This collaboration leverages prior demonstrations, partnerships and industry engagements that validate edgeCore's operational approach and Sabel's Tibbet's award-winning digital engineering cloud and model-based systems engineering methods.

Next steps and engagement

Immediate joint activities include scoping pilot programs for naval shipyards and field-manufacturing demonstrators, building domain-specific digital-twin templates, and developing measurable KPIs (key performance indicators) tied to production throughput, quality and sustainment readiness.

Organizations interested in pilot engagements, demonstrations or deeper technology briefings are encouraged to contact EdgeTI or Sabel for partnership opportunities and capability demonstrations.

The strategic partnership is explicitly teaming and research oriented, focused on co-developing frameworks, proofs of concept and domain-specific engineering methods. It does not involve any specific contract award or equity investment between the parties. Both companies remain independent and will pursue respective opportunities under usual commercial terms.

About Edge Total Intelligence Inc.

EdgeTI helps enterprises, service providers and governments achieve the impossible with real-time digital operations and decision intelligence solutions. Its edgeCore platform unites multiple software applications and data sources into immersive digital twins that give decision makers clarity, speed and agility across evolving situations in business, technology and cross-domain operations.

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