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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Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum attends a meeting with his Spanish counterpart in Algiers on March 4, 2020. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images)

Algeria’s ambassador to the US on new bilateral military plans: ‘The sky is the limit’

Tech

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DOD releases new guidance on ‘situational telework’

Tech

The House Defense Modernization Caucus gathers for its first official event in the 119th Congress. (Photo source: Office of Rep. Pat Ryan)

House defense modernization caucus eyes ‘constructively disruptive’ reforms at DOD

Tech

IBM Quantum System One is seen during the inauguration of Europe’s first IBM Quantum Data Center on October 01, 2024 in Ehningen, Germany. The center will provide cloud-based quantum computing for companies, research institutions and government agencies. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)

Inside IBM’s complex effort to create and scale next-gen quantum supercomputers

Emerging Tech

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth directs DOD civilian workforce to report productivity via forthcoming email

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Watchdog spotlights need for clear metrics to assess DIU’s impacts as it matures

Tech

The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Technologists flock to Capitol Hill for meeting with Senate defense modernization caucus members

Tech

Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Feinberg, businessman and CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, served as the head of President Trumps Intelligence Advisory Board in Trump’s first term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Stephen Feinberg, Trump’s pick for deputy defense secretary, vows to ‘review the value’ of Replicator

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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Pentagon looking to cut about 5,400 probationary workers — starting next week

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