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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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Members of the 106th Rescue Wing Communication Flight stand in formation at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York National Guard, during their unit’s redesignation ceremony to become the 106th Communications Squadron, February 4, 2024. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Donaldson)

New warrant officers poised to improve readiness of Air Force cyber mission force teams

Cyber

Cyber warfare operators assigned to the 275th Cyber Operations Squadron of the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard configure a threat intelligence feed for daily watch in the Hunter’s Den at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., Dec. 2, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

Air Force elevating role of communications networks

Cyber

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and an F-22 Raptor assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron participate in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 with 32nd Air Refueling Squadron air crews over the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 9, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Monica Roybal)

16th Air Force looking to reevaluate how it generates requirements with Phoenix Initiative

Tech

Lt. Kevin Kreutz, a shooter in the arresting gear officer’s pit, watches an EA-18G Growler from the “Shadowhawks” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in support of exercise Talisman Saber 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ramon G. Go/RELEASED)

After nearly 5 years of litigation, Navy awards next system in advanced airborne electronic attack

Tech

Soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) start up their Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) after it’s dropped off via UH-60 Blackhawk at the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 16, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Parallel tracks aim to improve current Army C2 while pursuing long-term options

Tech

Soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Air Assault out of a CH-47 Chinook into the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA, as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 15, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Army units able to communicate more dispersed in recent exercise

Tech

Members of the 106th Rescue Wing Communication Flight stand in formation at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York National Guard, during their unit’s redesignation ceremony to become the 106th Communications Squadron, February 4, 2024. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Donaldson)

New assistant secretary of defense wants to focus on return on investment for cyber operations

Cyber

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

NSA’s foray into podcasting highlights its role in Bin Laden raid, cybersecurity

Tech

Private Davis from 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) poses for a picture against the night sky after air assaulting into the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 16, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Cheap electronic decoys providing Army units more flexibility and options on battlefield

Tech