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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An AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial system (UAS) team assigned to the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conduct training at Jaworze, Poland on November 22, 2023. Ravens UAS are used to provide day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance missions to support Operation European Assure Deter and Reinforce. (Photo by U.S. Army Maj. Arturo Rodriguez)

Trio of DOD leaders poised to visit kamikaze drone-maker’s California plant

Tech

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks to members of the media at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2023. (DoD Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Hicks to host first international briefing on Replicator with UK counterparts

Emerging Tech

Soldiers train on biometric operations as part of Exercise Pershing Strike 2022 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, July 29, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David Lietz)

Watchdog review compels DOD to refresh its biometrics policy

Tech

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New legislation seeks to help Five Eyes alliance jointly accelerate artificial intelligence

AI

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Navy hits DOD’s zero-trust targets years ahead of schedule, CTO says

Cyber

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur briefs reporters on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Estonia warns Russia is using ‘hybrid attacks’ to ‘poke’ NATO

Tech

Saturn, imaged Sept. 21, 2023, 01:14 UT at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC with the historic 30.5-cm (12-inch) f/15 Clark/Seagmüller refractor and a ZWO ASI183MC CMOS color imager. Note: This image did not come via the Great Equatorial telescope. (USNO image)

Naval Observatory gives rare look through the lens of its ‘prolific’ 150-year-old telescope

Tech

A Feb. 6, 2017 photo shows the headquarters of the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Centcom aims to be Pentagon’s AI ‘integration testbed’

AI

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New interim DOD guidance ‘delves into the risks’ of generative AI

AI