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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The Pentagon is seen from the air on February 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

DOD to review all consulting contracts as it looks to cut those that aren’t ‘essential’ to Trump’s priorities

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U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Feb. 13, 2025) Navy Diver 3rd class John Tichenor, attached to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, enters the water during a surface supplied dive as part of the International Maritime Exercise 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Brown/DVIDS)

Navy aims to expand maritime security cooperation in latest multinational Middle East exercise

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General Michael E. Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, welcomes Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jason Johnston, U.S. Africa Command, DVIDS)

Hegseth discusses DOGE plans, deterring China and more during first official trip abroad

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Pentagon prototypes AI platform to better analyze adversaries’ news media

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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DOD-wide social media pause rescinded

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Overhead view of NGA Campus East (NGA photo)

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

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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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