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Brandi Vincent

Brandi Vincent is DefenseScoop’s Pentagon correspondent. She reports on emerging and disruptive technologies, and associated policies, impacting the Defense Department and its personnel. Prior to joining Scoop News Group, Brandi produced a long-form documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. She grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.

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GMF hosts roundtable featuring six visiting Ukrainian members of parliament in Washington on April 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the German Marshall Fund)

Ukrainian parliamentary delegation visits US lawmakers amid Trump’s ongoing peace talks

Weapons

A US flag flies near the dome of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 25, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress’ new Foreign Arms Sales Task Force eyes disruptive reforms

Tech

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25: 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 his Trump’s term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Feinberg initiates Pentagon’s implementation of DOGE-influenced regulatory review

Tech

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31: The U.S. Capitol building is reflected in a car parked on the East Front plaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

UAP disclosure advocates call for transparency on drone incursions

Emerging Tech

LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: In this photo illustration, the messaging service Signal app is seen on a mobile phone on January 11, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Edward Smith/Getty Images)

Signal leak sparks new calls for modernized messaging options from defense officials

Tech

Allied fighter jets participating in NATO exercise Ramstein Flag 24 fly in formation over the west coast of Greece, Oct. 4, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emili Koonce)

‘Better never stops’: Commanders preview NATO’s next large-scale, live-fly exercise

Tech

Aerial view of the Pentagon (Getty Images)

Internal email highlights how CDAO is responding to DOGE-inspired workforce reduction campaign

AI

Pentagon, Department of Defense, DOD — (Photo credit: DOD / Lisa Ferdinando)

Court filing offers insight into DOD’s probationary workforce kerfuffle after firings

Tech

Two U.S. Army joint terminal attack controllers conduct reconnaissance of the Libyan desert in preparation for a B-52H Stratofortress Bomber Task Force demonstration near Sirte, Libya, Feb. 25, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Carter)

A deeper look at Africom’s recent airstrikes under the Trump administration

Weapons