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Royal Navy: Strategic Hiring
Royal Navy pivoting to Hybrid Navy concept with uncrewed, autonomous ships, submarines and aircraft. Strategic shift away from high-cost platforms toward distributed, interconnected systems requiring new capabilities in autonomous systems, AI, and digital integration
Source: Naval News
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A hiring build-out like this points to deepening defence technology executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
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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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