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(Weston Floyd/Shield AI)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/10/19/groups-seek-clarity-on-motive-behind-pentagons-study-of-women-in-combat/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-19T14:00:01.828Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-19T14:00:01.828Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Groups seek clarity on motive behind Pentagon’s study of women in combat]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/qdWnkh4aXxLwRFcVxXaLX1WiQIg=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/JVATUQBENJBZJB3R7FIO6H62UI.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sgt. Julie Nicholson shakes hands with an Afghan child during a mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Marine Corps)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/19/us-army-cyber-command-charts-course-for-human-ai-equilibrium/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-19T13:00:03.771Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-19T13:00:03.771Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[US Army Cyber Command charts course for human-AI equilibrium]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/J10ggtRo5JrC6ISSTR_jHhTuvuY=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/NVRELBJBZVA3TERV4VRBUM32O4.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lt. Gen. Christopher Eubank, head of U.S. Army Cyber Command, speaks at AUSA 2026 in Washington on Oct. 12, 2026. (Rey Ramon/U.S. Army)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/10/16/us-army-acquisition-command-awards-contracts-worth-68b-in-2026/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-19T12:00:05.527Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-19T12:00:05.527Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[US Army acquisition command awards contracts worth $6.8B in 2026]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XIHN-9ljHHcE3r1HLjGBfodXIO0=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/E75JVFRR3VE4TMISSKRPHAFN6M.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Fort Hood, Texas. (Tish Williamson/U.S. Army)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>