Brandi Vincent

Brandi Vincent is DefenseScoop’s Pentagon correspondent. She reports on emerging and disruptive technologies, and associated policies, impacting the Defense Department and its personnel. Prior to joining Scoop News Group, Brandi produced a long-form documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. She grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses hundreds of sailors aboard the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2024. (Photo by Brandi VIncent)

Aboard Japan-based carrier with stealth fighter jets, Austin spotlights China as top threat

Tech

Sec. Austin arrives in Tokyo, Japan on Dec. 8, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

On his last Indo-Pacific trip as SecDef, Austin will see ‘a lot of firsts’ in Japan

Tech

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin talks to DIU personnel at the unit’s headquarters in California, Dec. 6, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Austin jets to DIU after inking new counter-drone strategy

AI

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, use an FIM-92 Stinger and a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to defend against unmanned aerial systems threats during a strait transit exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 12, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)

New classified plan seeks to unify DOD’s approach for countering enemy drones

Weapons

Screenshot of AARO logo from opening slide of Jon Kosloski’s unclassified presentation at an open congressional hearing on Nov. 19, 2024.

AARO functioning at full operational capability as lawmakers prep for classified UAP briefing

Tech

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

How the Pentagon is moving to counter converging IT and OT threats

Cyber

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US, Canada reach ‘monumental’ ICAM milestone they hope to expand across NATO

Tech

A street sign pointing the way to an entrance of RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, home of the US Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing, is seen near the village of Lakenheath, east of England, on June 15, 2020. – The UK Coastguard launched a search and rescue operation Monday to find the pilot of a US fighter jet that crashed during a training mission in the North Sea. The US Air Force said the F-15C Eagle went down after taking off from the RAF Lakenheath base near the town of Mildenhall in eastern England. The base is home to the 48th Fighter Wing, which has operated from there since 1960 and has more than 4,500 active-duty military members. (Photo by CHRIS RADBURN / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS RADBURN/AFP via Getty Images)

US, UK jointly tracking mysterious drone incursions near England military bases

Tech

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka shake hands after hosting a joint press briefing in Fiji, Nov. 23, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

US and Fiji unveil new, multifaceted plans to deepen military cooperation

Tech