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Saab: Strategic Hiring
Saab's podded AEW radar system selected for integration with GA-ASI MQ-9B as part of Japan JMSDF's 23-aircraft procurement program. System provides 360-degree surveillance with 300km+ detection range requiring complex integration and customer support.
Source: Breaking Defense
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening defence technology executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral) (down 1.4 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+2.4pts) on signal share.
Saab: 3 signals in the last 90 days — above the Defence Technology median of 1 across 43 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 3 tracked across 12 days.
MitchelLake in this thematic
Our work · 2019
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
SEEK Limited
Asia · Technology/Employment Services · technology transformation · regional integration
Our work · 2019
Director Product Engineering
SEEK Limited
Asia · Technology · digital-transformation · cross-border
Our work · 2025
Fractional CTO
Academy Plus Group
EMEA · c-suite · fractional cto
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