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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DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent interviews Gen. Jackie Van Ovost on Sept. 17, 2024, on the sidelines of AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber conference at National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Natalie Powell. Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Transportation Command)

‘It’s about the future’: Newly retired Gen. Van Ovost, the first woman to lead Transcom, reflects on her legacy

Tech

Photo from DARPA ReSource demo. (Kaden Staley, Michigan Technological University. August 7, 2024)

‘Waste to value’: Inside cutting-edge DARPA efforts to make food out of trash and gasses

Emerging Tech

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, sits at the pilot’s controls of a KC-46A Pegasus while in-flight over Kansas Feb. 6, 2021. Van Ovost is a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School graduate and command pilot with over 4,200 flight hours in more than 30 aircraft, including the C-17A Globemaster, KC-135R Stratotanker and the KC-46. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Skyler Combs)

‘You don’t get there unless you have the data’: Transcom taps Advana in real-world operations

Tech

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his U.K. and Australian counterparts host a press conference in London at the third AUKUS ministerial meetings, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

AUKUS eyes opportunities for expansion — on a ‘project-by-project’ basis

Tech

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sept. 13, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Austin unveils aims to push counter-UAS tech in Replicator 2.0

Exclusive

John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom hosts Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and Lloyd Austin Secretary of Defense, United States (U.S.) at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, the United Kingdom (UK) to review progress in and reaffirm their commitment to the AUKUS partnership, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

AUKUS shares results of inaugural Electronic Warfare Challenge

Emerging Tech

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his U.K. and Australian counterparts meet in London, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

AUKUS open to enabling more emerging tech options via Pillar 2

Tech

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin boards a U.S. military aircraft for a trip to London, Sept. 25, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Defense leaders set to spotlight joint tech acceleration at AUKUS meetings in London

Tech

Greg Allen, Schuyler Moore, Justin Fanelli and Alex Miller engage at a roundtable hosted by CSIS. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

What’s next for Centcom’s Digital Falcon Oasis experiment series

Tech