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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U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing conduct infil operations into the Caribbean Sea from a Mississippi Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk off the coast of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 28, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

AFSOC embraces training opportunities in Caribbean amid rising tensions

A Red Air Industry partner retrieves a rotary wing drone target at Red Sands IEC in the CENTCOM AOR, Sep. 19, 2024.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dean John Kd De Dios)

New Centcom task force aims to equip deployed forces with drones, other tech in 60 days or less

Tech

A Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) small boat crew interdicts two suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, July 25, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Vigilant/DVIDS)

DIU wants nonlethal weapons to disable small boats, amid US crackdown on drug cartels

Weapons

Marine Corps AI lead Capt. Christopher Clark speaks at FedTalks on Sept. 18, 2025. (Scoop News Group Photo By: Lucas Cruz/EPNAC)

How the Marine Corps is moving to upskill its workforce on AI

A light stanchion with the flags of the United States and Israel on the road leading to the American embassy in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo source: Getty Images)

House lawmakers propose the stand-up of a Defense Innovation Unit office in Israel

Tech

Sean Batir moderates a panel at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Transparency is key as AI gets smarter, experts say

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte (R) and Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), Alexus G. Grynkewich (L) hold a joint press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russian drone incursions prompt NATO to initiate new military activity on its eastern flank

Tech

Brandi Vincent

Articles by Author

AFSOC embraces training opportunities in Caribbean amid rising tensions

New Centcom task force aims to equip deployed forces with drones, other tech in 60 days or less

DIU wants nonlethal weapons to disable small boats, amid US crackdown on drug cartels

How the Marine Corps is moving to upskill its workforce on AI

House lawmakers propose the stand-up of a Defense Innovation Unit office in Israel

Transparency is key as AI gets smarter, experts say

Russian drone incursions prompt NATO to initiate new military activity on its eastern flank

Hegseth asked to defend Pentagon’s ‘uniquely troubling’ deal with Musk-owned xAI

Joint Chiefs chairman wants ‘global risk algorithm’ to help measure threats worldwide