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 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Marisol Walker)

DOD’s AI hub assembles new budget and programming cell to confront ‘pain points’

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks speaks with U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade, and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) during her holiday morale calls at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

What Deputy Defense Secretary Hicks is prioritizing during the presidential transition

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s team convenes with Pentagon personnel in 100-plus transition meetings, so far

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Via genAI pilot, CDAO exposes ‘biases that could impact the military’s healthcare system’

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Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Radha Plumb announces the sunsetting of Task Force Lima and formation of an AI Rapid Capabilities Office at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

CDAO, the Pentagon’s AI-accelerating office, undergoing restructuring before presidential transition

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A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Early federal assessments suggest unexplained New Jersey drones aren’t UAP or US military assets

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DIU moves to accelerate military-enabling batteries, counter supply chain strains

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Photo of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters building on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (DoD illustration by Lewis Carlyle)

DOD poised to respond if unidentified drones over New Jersey ‘escalate to threaten’ military assets

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin briefs a small group of reporters in Japan on Dec. 11, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

US monitoring Taiwan Strait while China mobilizes warships, balloons nearby

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