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ST Engineering: Product Launch
ST Engineering secured a US$87.1 million UK defence contract to provide nine variants of 40mm high and low velocity grenades to the military.
Source: Business Times SG
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Product momentum tends to widen defence technology product and commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: Backdrop: a 112.9 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 11.4 on the month) with EMEA activity easing (-3.2pts).
ST Engineering: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Defence Technology median of 1 across 42 tracked companies; 0.4% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 4 tracked across 54 days.
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