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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President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth directs DOD civilian workforce to report productivity via forthcoming email

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Watchdog spotlights need for clear metrics to assess DIU’s impacts as it matures

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The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Technologists flock to Capitol Hill for meeting with Senate defense modernization caucus members

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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 Trump’s first term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Stephen Feinberg, Trump’s pick for deputy defense secretary, vows to ‘review the value’ of Replicator

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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Pentagon looking to cut about 5,400 probationary workers — starting next week

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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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