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Mark Pomerleau

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

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A Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel participates in U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, April 21. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe)

Navy not accounting for full costs of uncrewed systems, GAO warns

Defense

Navy's Newest Combat Simulator Trains Its First Ships — Lt. Aaron Van Driessche, warfare tactics instructor at the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) Detachment San Diego pilots the U.S. Navy’s virtual combat curriculum with sailors aboard USS Paul Hamilton inside the newly launched portable simulator, the On Demand Trainer. (U.S. Navy / Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Millar)

Navy provides new details on information-warfare task force for Pacific

Defense

Then Maj. Gen. Mary O’Brien attends an AETC Altus Trophy reception at the downtown San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. (Photo by Gloria Vasquez)

DOD announces new top JADC2 officer

Defense

U.S. Cyber Command — Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

Ukraine crisis shows effectiveness of Cyber Command’s persistent engagement, Nakasone says

Defense

Paul Nakasone, NSA, Cyber Command — Paul Nakasone appears before a House Armed Services subcommittee on May 14, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

U.S. Cyber Command providing cyber expertise and intelligence in Ukraine’s fight against Russia

Cyber

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Navy airborne electronic attack system also capable of delivering cyber effects

Defense

U.S. Cyber Command — Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

GAO: Cyber Command lacks metrics for assessing its weapons and platforms

Cyber

Staff Sgt. Jacob Rascon, right, and Sgt. David Hendrixson, both assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), analyze prototyped cyber field equipment during Cyber Quest 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. TaMaya Eberhart, 55th Combat Camera)

Army awards radio contracts aimed at improving security and connectivity

Defense

USTRANSCOM senior enlisted leader visits Travis — U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, U.S. Transportation Command senior enlisted leader, is briefed on the challenges of controlling aircraft and TRANSCOM sorties in and out of Travis Air Force Base’s airspace by Chief Master Sgt. David Iglesias, 60th Operations Support Squadron Chief Controller, RAPCON, Feb. 8, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Keller)

Transportation Command will soon implement ‘zero trust’ on classified networks

Defense