Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

On 29 September 2026 the Navy awarded production agreements for medium unmanned surface vessels to three Louisiana yards in a deal reported at $1.2 billion, with Saronic's 180-foot Marauder, built in Franklin, passing 140 test scenarios without failure.

OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol for coding, computer use and professional work, with API input and output prices one-fifth of GPT-6 Astra’s and lower cached-input pricing.

Funday's Fruity Pigs are a berry cherry gummy topped with a foam layer, sold in 50 g bags for $4.50 at Woolworths from late September 2026.

Construction is underway on a 229-apartment affordable senior community at the Morris Houses campus. Pre-leasing and early move-ins are scheduled for early 2029. Groundbreaking celebrated September 29, 2026.

Canadian spirits, wine and malt beer are barred from entering the US from 29 September 2026, escalating the 50% tariff into a near-total import ban over provinces' boycott of American alcohol.

BMW reveals the eighth-generation 3 Series on 30 September 2026: the combustion line-up is topped by the 443 hp M350 xDrive that reaches 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds.

Merline Saintil, Derek Aberle and Pierre Gentin are expected to join the board once the Churchill Capital XI merger closes, alongside CEO Peggy Johnson and co-founder Damion Shelton.

For three police recruits in Belfast, the pressure is immense. Facing criminal gangs and divided communities, they don't know who to trust. The odds are they won't all make it. The premiere, "Eyes": The section is challenged by escalating tensions at a community event, while the investigation into Dana Morgan's drug partnership with Tina McIntyre falters. Season 4 starts on BBC iPlayer.

Zalando is due to shut its Erfurt fulfilment centre at the end of September 2026, ending the jobs of about 2,100 remaining staff at a site that employed around 2,700 when the closure was announced.

At the 10th Kura Master in Paris on 30 September 2026, Yamanashi Meijo's Shichiken Hoshi no Kagayaki Sparkling won the sake President's Award, the first sparkling sake to do so.

Samsung Heavy Industries announced on 30 September 2026 a contract from a Bermuda-based shipowner for two VLGCs worth 307.4 billion won, due by February 2030, lifting its commercial orders to 132% of this year's target.

On 30 September 2026 an Omani pilot stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar on Flydubai flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, sending the Boeing 737 into a dive; passengers subdued him and the plane landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with all 174 aboard.

Samsung Electronics America's New Jersey WARN notice lists 739 roles at its Englewood Cliffs headquarters ending on 30 September 2026, about 62% of its roughly 1,200 New Jersey staff, as the unit moves to Plano, Texas.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sen. Scott Wiener's Plug and Play Solar Act on 30 September 2026, letting Californians plug certified solar kits of up to 1,200 W into a wall outlet from 1 January 2027, with no utility permission or fees.

A Science Bulletin study of EP250704a, seen on 4 July 2025, finds the longest prompt X-ray flash ever recorded from a neutron star merger, nearly ten minutes long, as strong evidence that such mergers can leave a magnetar behind.

Shueisha's contract with Walt Disney Japan to publish Marvel manga, signed in March 2019, ends on 30 September 2026, taking Deadpool: Samurai, Spider-Man: Kizuna and Spider-Man: Octo-Girl off its ebook storefronts from 28 September.