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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Michael Duffey appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to become undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment in Washington, D.C. March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Pentagon keen to recruit fresh acquisition workforce talent as it jumpstarts procurement reforms

Tech

Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War, and Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, wait as U.S. President Donald Trump is due to address the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hegseth’s acquisition overhaul seeks to spur major shifts for foreign military sales

Tech

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Congress eyes whole-of-government plan to disrupt growing cooperation between US adversaries

Tech

Taiwan moves to counter China’s drone dominance

Tech

US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown

Space

The Navy celebrates Earth Day by showcasing a supersonic flight test of the “Green Hornet,” an F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter jet powered by a 50/50 biofuel blend. The test, conducted April 22, 2010, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., drew hundreds of onlookers. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Navy eyes sonic boom noise monitoring system for test flights over Chesapeake Bay

Tech

DHS offering grants to states, local governments for counter-drone tech ahead of major national events

Tech

Brandi Vincent

Articles by Author

Pentagon keen to recruit fresh acquisition workforce talent as it jumpstarts procurement reforms

Hegseth’s acquisition overhaul seeks to spur major shifts for foreign military sales

Congress eyes whole-of-government plan to disrupt growing cooperation between US adversaries

Taiwan moves to counter China’s drone dominance

US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown

Navy eyes sonic boom noise monitoring system for test flights over Chesapeake Bay

DHS offering grants to states, local governments for counter-drone tech ahead of major national events

A first look at IBM’s new large language model that’s fine-tuned for defense applications

Marines’ Force Design plan urges modernization to tackle ‘the changing character of war’