Brandi Vincent

Brandi Vincent is a Senior Reporter at DefenseScoop, where she reports on disruptive technologies and associated policies impacting Pentagon 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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Pentagon prototypes AI platform to better analyze adversaries’ news media

AI

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

UAP enthusiasts ‘hopeful’ for more transparency during Trump’s second term

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DOD-wide social media pause rescinded

Tech

Overhead view of NGA Campus East (NGA photo)

Trump mandates prompt spy agency to take down website, social media

Tech

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JANUARY 30: Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Army helicopter involved in fatal crash over the Potomac was not using AI, sources say

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U.S. Africa Command commander Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley and Algeria’s minister delegate to the minister of national defense and chief of staff to the National People’s Army, Gen. Saïd Chanegriha sign an MOU on Jan. 22, 2025. (Source: U.S. Africa Command)

US, Algeria sign ‘first-of-its-kind’ agreement to expand military cooperation

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the press upon his arrival at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Hegseth highlights ‘Iron Dome for America’, other first priorities as new SecDef

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A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Advana’s future uncertain as program manager prepares to leave DOD

AI

A Crew Chief assigned to the 163d Attack Wing, March Air Reserve Base marshals MQ-9 Reaper on the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, CA July 21, 2022. The 163d accelerated change by pioneering the first ever refueling of the MQ-9 Reaper using a Forward Area refueling Point provided by the VMM - 764’s V-22 Osprey. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan) — A Crew Chief assigned to the 163d Attack Wing, March Air Reserve Base marshals MQ-9 Reaper on the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, CA July 21, 2022. The 163d accelerated change by pioneering the first ever refueling of the MQ-9 Reaper using a Forward Area refueling Point provided by the VMM – 764’s V-22 Osprey. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan)

DOD eyes tactical drones to accompany troops Trump is surging to the border

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