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 aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Advana updates left out of annual Pentagon financial report as major transition emerges

People bear Greenlandic flags as they gather in front of the U.S. consulate protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

With Trump-NATO deal on Greenland unclear, experts push allies to expand Arctic drone presence

Tech

Coast Guard hustling to refine and scale genAI ‘Ask Hamilton’ prototype

The medium displacement unmanned surface vessels Seahawk, front, and Sea Hunter launch for the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Gooley)

Navy ramping up sea drone arsenal as officials aim for half of the surface fleet to be unmanned by 2045

Emerging Tech

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Starbase,Texas, on Jan 12, 2026. (DOD photo posted on X)

‘Accelerate like hell’: Hegseth moves to reshape DOD’s AI and tech hubs

A NATO flag flies in the wind in front of the NATO headquarters. (Photo by Anna Ross/picture alliance via Getty Images)

NATO invites some alliance outsiders to compete in Innovation Continuum exercises

Tech

Lt. Elliot Reed, right, assigned to Air Department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), signals to a Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 87, as it launches from the flight deck, July 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tajh Payne)

NIWC Atlantic’s new Rapid Capabilities Office aims to deliver tech ‘at wartime speed’

Tech

Brandi Vincent

Articles by Author

Advana updates left out of annual Pentagon financial report as major transition emerges

With Trump-NATO deal on Greenland unclear, experts push allies to expand Arctic drone presence

Coast Guard hustling to refine and scale genAI ‘Ask Hamilton’ prototype

Navy ramping up sea drone arsenal as officials aim for half of the surface fleet to be unmanned by 2045

‘Accelerate like hell’: Hegseth moves to reshape DOD’s AI and tech hubs

NATO invites some alliance outsiders to compete in Innovation Continuum exercises

NIWC Atlantic’s new Rapid Capabilities Office aims to deliver tech ‘at wartime speed’

Cameron Stanley emerges as frontrunner to be next Pentagon CDAO

DOD maps out plan for new enterprise command-and-control program office, C2 suite