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.

Articles by Author

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur briefs reporters on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

What Estonia’s defense chief learned on his latest trip to the US

Tech

MANAMA (March 7, 2023) – U.S. Marine Sgt. Steven Ramos assigned to Task Force 51/5’s Deployable Joint Command and Control (DJC2) sets up a Starlink system on the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller. (Photo by Spc. Bryan Clay)

Starlink terminals give Navy ‘game-changing’ flexibility

Tech

Retired Vice Adm. Ann Rondeau, president of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), and Doug Beck, director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two institutions during the Sea-Air-Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland, April 9, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ed Early)

DIU, Naval Postgraduate School partner up to prototype tech, exchange talent

Tech

Aerial view of the Department of Defense. (Getty Images)

Counter-drone systems included in DOD’s initial Replicator selections

Tech

Dr. Matt Johnson, acting RAI chief, leads session on the Responsible AI Toolkit at the Advantage Summit in Feb. 2024. (Photo by Alexander Payne)

CDAO shapes new tools to inform Pentagon’s autonomous weapon reviews

AI

Task Force Lima military patch (CDAO image)

Task Force Lima preps new space for generative AI experimentation

AI

Gen. James Mingus on a trip to the Scranton Ammunition Plant on March 20. DefenseScoop photo by Brandi Vincent.

Army’s new vice chief seeks to drive strategic modernization

Tech

U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Niemann, assigned to Army Futures Command, works inside one of several command cells located at Camp Pendleton, Calif., as part of Project Convergence – Capstone 4, Feb. 22, 2024. PC-C4 is the largest, two-phase experiment to date and assess how technology can enhance cross-domain military operations and unified strategic approaches involving partners from various nations and joint services. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zion Thomas)

What’s next for the US military’s Global Information Dominance Experiments

Tech

WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 19, 2018: A stone version of the Great Seal of the United States embellishes the exterior of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Lawmakers launching new Defense Modernization Caucus

Tech