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(Vector illustration/Getty Images)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/06/boeing-locks-in-7-year-deal-to-triple-pac-3-mse-seeker-output/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-06T00:19:22.433Z</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>2026-10-06T00:19:22.433Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Boeing locks in 7-year deal to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker output]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/k2tfG_KsH9K62HOkN6JPMwTVFKU=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/MFBCU2XVNJC37O63F4QZHGI4FU.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Boeing inked a seven-year deal with the Pentagon to triple its PAC-3 MSE seeker output. 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