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(Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/09/30/why-the-pentagon-just-dropped-450m-on-tungsten-mining/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-30T00:03:53.698Z</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>2026-09-30T00:03:53.698Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Why the Pentagon just dropped $450M on tungsten mining]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/aLV-LXjrTBgDSbsWbLGZ2WaWjD8=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/XBWCAECBJRFNVH7FFJ3LNF6SDQ.JPG</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Elmet Group is “the only U.S.-owned, fully integrated producer of tungsten and molybdenum materials and components.” (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/09/29/us-navy-selects-boeing-to-build-next-generation-fa-xx-fighter/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-29T22:27:40.482Z</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>2026-09-29T22:27:40.482Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[US Navy selects Boeing to build next-generation F/A-XX fighter ]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/jie1HmCCA4fs81CvPgdcAXac-Vc=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/MZFJ5YIWNZBLXDJ2BLAGT4XZ54.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Concept rendering of what a Navy next-gen fighter could look like. (Image courtesy of Boeing)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>