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  "url": "https://miltechinsider.com/companies/",
  "version": "2026-08-03",
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "date_published": "2026-08-03",
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