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United States Department of Defense

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Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot), down 2.4 month-on-month — shows Americas signal flow rising (+2.4pts).

United States Department of Defense: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Defence Technology median of 1 across 37 tracked companies.

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