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Mark Pomerleau

Mark Pomerleau is a senior reporter for DefenseScoop, covering information warfare, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations, intelligence, influence, battlefield networks and data.

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The MFEW-AL system is a pod-mounted capability on a MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone. (Photo by John Higgins)

Army moving on from MFEW aerial jammer, embracing backpack as ground-based solution

Tech

The US Capitol is seen in Washington DC, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

House Armed Services leaders unveil bill to reform defense acquisition, speed up requirements process

Tech

Data and integration will be ‘core’ of Army’s Next-Gen C2

Tech

Master Sgt. David Fisk, Sgt. 1st Class Sandra Ibanez and Staff Sgt. Angel Leon discuss capabilities during a rehearsal for Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Wantroba)

Congress wants to see Army’s ‘homework’ on transformation initiative

Tech

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Armored Division inspects an antenna as he prepares for Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Fort Irwin, Calif., in early March 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kelvin Johnson)

Next summer could be culmination of bridge network and next-gen C2 for the Army

Tech

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division use a Developmental Command Exportable Lab to assemble first-person view drones for use during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, on May 24, 2025. The capability enabled the deployment of more than 100 FPV drones during this rotation. (Photo by 1st Lt. Aylin Hernandez, 25th Infantry Division).

25th Infantry Division testing forward-deployed 3D printers in the Pacific

Emerging Tech

U.S. Army Spc. Anton Lane, a combat medic with specialized drone training, assigned to 5-7 Cavalry, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division visually tracks a Skydio X10E4TT drone shortly after deploying it for surveillance during exercise Combined Resolve 25-2 at Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany on May 17, 2025. (US Army photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Fist Class Richard Hoppe, Released).

U.S. Army is already taking lessons from Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia’s strategic bombers

Emerging Tech

Cybercom’s defensive arm elevated to sub-unified command

Cyber

U.S. Army Spc. Henry Fridy, assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, configures the Beast+ electronic warfare system during Combined Resolve 25-02 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center on Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, May 7, 2025. Beast+ detects signals across the electromagnetic spectrum to identify enemy locations, composition, and potential jamming or spoofing activity, enhancing line-of-sight awareness in support of ground maneuver operations. Combined Resolve is part of the Army’s “Transforming in Contact” initiative, which assesses the effectiveness of electronic warfare and counter-unmanned aerial systems, as well as how force structure changes and current tactics align with emerging technologies. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Carlos Marquez)

Army unit to mature electromagnetic deception tools

Tech