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Axios has hired Colin Demarest to write about the future of the defense industry.
Demarest was a reporter at C4ISRNET, where he covered military networks, cyber and IT.
He had previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration — namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development — for the Aiken Standard daily newspaper in South Carolina. He also contributed to the Post and Courier in Charleston.
Demarest is a University of South Carolina graduate.