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DroneShield: Partnership
DroneShield secured a deal with Parsons, a major defense/engineering contractor, indicating expansion of commercial partnerships in defense technology sector
Source: GN — ASX:DRO DroneShield
The leadership read
Alliances like this can broaden defence technology commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.2 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-4.4pts) on signal share.
DroneShield: 3 signals in the last 90 days — above the Defence Technology median of 1 across 38 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 3 tracked across 39 days.
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