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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CEO of Scale AI Alexandr Wang testifies during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation hearing about artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Scale AI to set the Pentagon’s path for testing and evaluating large language models

AI

Dep. CIO Dave McKeown speaks at the Zero Trust Summit on Feb. 15, 2024. (Source: Scoop News Group)

Deputy CIO gives updates on Pentagon’s ‘aggressive’ plan for achieving zero trust by 2027

Cyber

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DIU consults Pentagon policy shop to move Replicator technology at ‘responsible speed’

Tech

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DOD notifying more than 26,000 people who may be impacted by a year-old data breach

Cyber

U.S. Marines stand outside the Embassy of the United State of America in Havana, on February 21, 2018. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)

Lawmakers question how ‘Havana syndrome’ is affecting DOD

Tech

Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony L. Whitehead brief the media on National Guard priorities for 2024 in the Pentagon Briefing Room, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

National Guard eyes UAS, air defense among 2024 priorities

Tech

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DOD expanding effort to boost its domestic supply of chemicals for munitions

Weapons

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visits Doug Beck, Director, Defense Innovation Unit, Moffett Field, Calif, Dec. 1, 2023. Secretary Austin spend time with DIU personnel who are accelerating the adoption of leading commercial technology throughout the military and growing the national security innovation base.DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

With new hires and a fresh vision, the Pentagon unveils DIU 3.0

Tech

Switchblade 600 rendering (AeroVironment image)

Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones in the running for Replicator mass production

Tech