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Directed Technologies: Ma Activity
Directed Technologies acquired GPS2GO, a Bangkok-based telematics provider, to expand South-East Asian fleet management capabilities
Source: Business News Australia
The leadership read
Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in defence technology.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 107.2 (Hot), down 1.8 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow easing (-4.4pts).
Directed Technologies: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Defence Technology median of 1 across 38 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 36 days.
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