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Mark Pomerleau

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

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A hacker using a laptop computer at the Hacked By Def Con Press Preview during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studios on April 15, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

DOD pays out $75K for vulnerabilities discovered by white hat hackers

Cyber

(DoD News / Flickr)

Cyber Command is taking aim at artificial intelligence and machine learning

AI

(Photo by Jon Dasbach, U.S. Cyber Command)

US cyber teams prepped Eucom’s networks for potential Russian attacks prior to Ukraine invasion

Cyber

U.S. Marines review how to make nine-line calls on a radio during a communications exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 17, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kindo Go)

Marine Corps focusing more on data, which means it must enhance cloud capabilities

IT

(Getty Images)

New DIU-AUVSI partnership aims to improve cybersecurity of drones

Cyber

A U.S. Army Multi Domain Task Force operates from the Tactical Command Post as a part of their premier appearance at Valiant Shield 2018 Sept. 20, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danica M. Sirmans)

Army activates third multi-domain task force

Weapons

Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment — The 2nd Cavalry Regiment used its on-the-move Tactical Network Transport during a live-fire exercise at Rose Barracks, Germany. (DOD photo / 1st Lt. Ellen C. Brabo, 2nd Cavalry Regiment)

DOD still has work to do on OTA transparency, per GAO

Emerging Tech

An EC-37B Compass Call arrives at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 17, 2022. Compass Call suppresses air defenses by preventing the transmission of essential information between adversaries, their weapon systems, and control networks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vaughn Weber)

Air Force organizing new electronic warfare ‘sprint’

Weapons

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

Officials hope software factory for Air Force cyber operations squadron could be a retention and recruiting boon

Cyber