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Mark Pomerleau

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

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Two members of the 216th Space Control Squadron (SPCS) set up antennas as part of a ‘Honey Badger System’ during BLACK SKIES 22 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022. The 216 SPCS specializes in electromagnetic warfare and is participating in the Space Training and Readiness Command’s (STARCOM) BLACK SKIES 22, along with numerous other units spanning from California to Colorado. The first of its kind, BLACK SKIES 22 is a live simulation exercise designed to rehearse the command and control of multiple joint electronic warfare fires. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)

DOD too slow in fielding EW capabilities, prominent congressman says

Weapons

U.S. Capitol Building (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate panel trying to mandate creation of military cyber intelligence capability

Cyber

Members of the Mexican police patrol their side of the border, as a member of the US military walks past a barb wire fence in Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 10, 2023. The US on May 11, 2023, will officially end its 40-month Covid-19 emergency, also discarding the Title 42 law, a tool that has been used to prevent millions of migrants from entering the country. The US border with Mexico will be “chaotic for a while,” President Joe Biden acknowledged on May 9, 2023, days before the lifting of pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the frontier all but impossible. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate panel wants to green-light US military cyber ops against Mexican cartels

Cyber

Then Lt. Gen. Randy George, center, First Corps commanding general, is briefed on priority targets at a briefing during Warfighter Exercise 20-3 on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Feb. 11, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph E.D. Knoch.)

Nominee to be next Army chief wants to boost civilian hiring to address cyber shortfalls

Cyber

U.S. Capitol, Congress — (Getty Images)

Senate Armed Services Committee looks to tackle cyber mission force readiness — again

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)

Joint Chiefs nominee supports continued dual-hat leadership arrangement at Cybercom, NSA

Cyber

Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks to the office of Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for a meeting with Schumer at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Brown is currently the U.S. Air Force chief of staff. If confirmed by the Senate, Brown would be second African-American man, after Colin Powell, to hold the position of Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior military adviser to the president. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Nominee for top U.S. military post notes shortfalls in electronic warfare integration

Weapons

Edward Ramey, space domain characterization common operating picture segment (SDCCS) lead integration and training support for the Joint Task Force-Space Defense, looks at a computer screen at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 19, 2022. Through the partnering of the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and National Reconnaissance Office in the National Space Defense Center, JTF-SD brings to bear the full force of the U.S. Government and synchronizes space superiority planning and operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

DOD has not ‘adapted’ to strategic competition yet, according to a prominent think tank

Tech

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Cameron Wood, assigned to the 1790 Cyber Protection Team, installs software on a computer as part of Cyber Yankee, inside the Regional Training Institute at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, East Lyme, Connecticut, May 17, 2023. Cyber Yankee is a cyber training exercise hosted by the National Guard that brings cyber analysts from all branches of the Department of Defense together to train on their mission essential skills utilizing a virtual environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Lucibello)

Coast Guard petitions for formal recognition in US Cyber Command’s force

Cyber