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Company signals · Defence Technology

Royal Navy

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.4 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-2.8pts) on signal share.

Royal Navy: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Defence Technology median of 1 across 37 tracked companies.

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