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May 15, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security, Other Defence

Opportunity Watch Analysis for the US Defence and Security Market – Solicitation of Interest

In the context of the COVID-19 crisis and after, it is foreseen that several US Defence and Security acquisition programs will be launched or accelerated in order to stimulate the economy.

Many these opportunities will be accessible to Québec defence and security companies.

Aéro Montréal would like to solicit your interest for a US Defence and Security Market opportunity watch that would be performed in accordance to selection criteria specific to your organization.

The results of the watch would be communicated privately to your organization through the SDQuebec B2B platform.

A maximum of fifteen companies will be selected out of the group that has expressed their interest.

Your participation to this three month program is at no cost. The program will be evaluated after the initial period of three months.

If you are interested, please confirm your interest by sending an email at : Sylvain Lefrançois sylvain.lefrancois@aeromontreal.ca before 29 May 2020.

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