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Royal Navy

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot) (up 5.2 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-4.4pts) on signal share.

Royal Navy: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Defence Technology median of 1 across 40 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

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