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Mark Pomerleau

Mark Pomerleau is a reporter for DefenseScoop, covering information warfare and cyberspace.

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U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 1st Class Frederick Robinson, from Abbeville, Louisiana, stands tactical data coordinator (TDC) in the combat information center (CIC) during sea and anchor detail as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) departs Azores, Portugal after a brief stop for fuel, October 5, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

Navy’s new cyber strategy aims to place a premium on non-kinetic capabilities’ role in conflict

Cyber

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DOD plans to build ‘surge’ capacity for information forces

Weapons

A Czech Special Forces member provides ground support while U.S. Army Special Forces perform a static-line jump during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 5, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training for response to various threats above and below the threshold of armed conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph P. LeVeille)

Senior Pentagon official calls on DOD components to more fully embrace irregular, asymmetric warfare

Weapons

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces soldiers pull security after deboarding a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade during exercise Combined Resolve XVI with U.S. Special Operations Command Europe members assigned to 10th Special Forces Group Dec. 07, 2021, in Hohenfels, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kirsti Brooksby)

US military still fleshing out SOF, cyber, space ‘triad’ at the joint level

Weapons

Under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), two F-15s assigned to the Massachusetts Air National Guard and two CF-18 assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force fly in formation behind a KC-135 assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard during air-defense Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, Oct. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard Photos by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover)

Air Force activates two electromagnetic spectrum assessment detachments

Weapons

Chris Cleary, Navy principal cyber adviser, speaks during a panel at DefenseTalks 2022. (DefenseScoop)

Chris Cleary, Navy’s first-ever principal cyber adviser, set to leave Pentagon

Cyber

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US Cyber Command sets up defensive activity aimed at improving concepts and coordination

Cyber

Zero-trust network architecture illustration (iStock/Getty Images)

DOD to brief Congress early next year on zero-trust progress

IT

3D rendering of China’s Tiangong-1 space station orbiting Earth with the flag of China in the background. (Getty Images)

China perceives shortfalls operating in complex electromagnetic spectrum environment: Pentagon

Weapons