Mark Pomerleau

The contract will allow the Navy access to AWS’ cloud environment.

The Defense Intelligence Agency is responsible for providing intel on foreign militaries and owning all the intelligence directorates at the combatant commands.

The Department of Defense’s main intelligence arm is working to improve how it provides cyber intel to combatant commands around the world. “We think that there’s room for discussion about what’s the future of cyber intelligence really is in partnership with Cyber Command, NSA and others across the…

The Army is still working on the concept for ground-launched electronic warfare effects as requirements have not yet been written.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army is looking at the potential for air- or even ground-launched electronic warfare platforms as part of a new modernized architecture to stay ahead of adversaries. So-called Air Launched Effects (ALE) are essentially small drones or payloads released in midair by…

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army will create a new offensive cyber and space program office in 2023, spinning it off from its electronic warfare portfolio, according to officials. The new colonel-led, or O-6 level, program office will be under Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is providing an important case study for how information warfare can play out in the modern era, according to a top U.S. Air Force general. “As we’re in competition leading up to this crisis, the ability of our enterprise to support our senior leaders and the [intelli…

The undersecretary of the Army has initiated a capability portfolio review of the Army’s network to examine its requirements for the future.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army’s undersecretary and vice chief of staff are undertaking a portfolio review while tasking the service’s network modernization team with developing “big bets” for future technology. The review is aimed at evaluating requirements. “The vice and I are leading a c…

With an integrated electronic warfare and signals intelligence platform forthcoming, the Army is working on managing these two disciplines that are governed by different authorities.

For the Army’s main contribution to the Pentagon’s new concept for fighting wars, demonstrating technology interoperability is more important than transitioning new systems into programs of record, the service’s No. 2 said. Project Convergence is the Army’s contribution to Joint All-Domain Command a…

The Multi-Function Electronic Warfare-Air Large jamming pod is expected to play a diverse role for the Army on multiple platforms.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — After facing procurement cuts last year to the Army’s aerial jamming pod, top officials are pleased with the development efforts and are even looking at the platform to be a key part of the service’s so-called deep sensing priority. “I’m really impressed with the MFEW…

The Army is developing an architecture to deploy electronic warfare systems at echelon as it modernizes its arsenal.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — While the Army still works through a specific requirement for a dismounted electronic warfare jammer program of record, a Stryker-based system that will first be delivered next year will provided limited dismounted capability for soldiers, according to service officials. The Terrestri…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — As the Army looks to rebuild its electronic warfare arsenal, it is developing a battlefield architecture taking a largely agnostic approach to platforms and payloads to maximize warfighter effectiveness in various theaters against a variety of threats. At the end of the Cold War, the…

The next phase for the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool will focus on positioning, navigation and timing.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — If the Pentagon’s new vision for fighting, which seeks to better connect sensors and shooters on the battlefield, is merely about the systems, it will fail, according to a top Pentagon IT official. Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is the Department of Defense’s way ahead f…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Army will be building two more cyber mission force teams for U.S. Cyber Command this year, according to a top official. Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, commander of Army Cyber Command, told an audience at the TechNet Augusta conference Wednesday that the service is dedicated to beefing up…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Mission Systems contracts to develop a proof of concept for a ground-based electronic warfare capability aimed to have effects over thousands of miles. The program for the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade is…