Brandi Vincent

Brandi Vincent is DefenseScoop’s Pentagon correspondent. She reports on disruptive technologies and associated policies impacting Defense Department and military personnel. Prior to joining SNG, she produced a documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. Brandi grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. She was named Best New Journalist at the 2024 Defence Media Awards.

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A Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) small boat crew interdicts two suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, July 25, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Vigilant/DVIDS)

DIU wants nonlethal weapons to disable small boats, amid US crackdown on drug cartels

Weapons

Marine Corps AI lead Capt. Christopher Clark speaks at FedTalks on Sept. 18, 2025. (Scoop News Group Photo By: Lucas Cruz/EPNAC)

How the Marine Corps is moving to upskill its workforce on AI

AI

A light stanchion with the flags of the United States and Israel on the road leading to the American embassy in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo source: Getty Images)

House lawmakers propose the stand-up of a Defense Innovation Unit office in Israel

Tech

Sean Batir moderates a panel at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Transparency is key as AI gets smarter, experts say

AI

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte (R) and Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), Alexus G. Grynkewich (L) hold a joint press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russian drone incursions prompt NATO to initiate new military activity on its eastern flank

Tech

A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk s artificial intelligence grok in front of a background lit by a blue light in Kerlouan in Brittany in France on February 18 2025. (Photo by Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth asked to defend Pentagon’s ‘uniquely troubling’ deal with Musk-owned xAI

AI

Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a fireside chat at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo credit: Billington CyberSecurity)

Joint Chiefs chairman wants ‘global risk algorithm’ to help measure threats worldwide

AI

Witnesses prepare to testify before the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets at the U.S. Capitol on September 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Military whistleblowers share new evidence of alleged UAP at transparency hearing

Tech

A CS-5000T drone is seen during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)

China’s military technology parade underscores need for more U.S. deterrents, experts say

Emerging Tech