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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TOPSHOT - A TV crew films the damages on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald at its mother port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo on June 18, 2017. A number of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of a destroyer that collided with a container ship off Japan's coast, the US Navy said on June 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) — TOPSHOT – A TV crew films the damages on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald at its mother port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo on June 18, 2017. A number of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of a destroyer that collided with a container ship off Japan’s coast, the US Navy said on June 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

In wake of fatal collisions, Navy accelerates software-defined radar deployments on surface ships

Tech

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 13: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L), US President Joe Biden (C) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) arrive for a press conference after a trilateral meeting during the AUKUS summit on March 13, 2023 in San Diego, California. President Biden hosts British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego for an AUKUS meeting to discuss the procurement of nuclear-powered submarines under a pact between the three nations. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) — SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 13: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L), US President Joe Biden (C) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) arrive for a press conference after a trilateral meeting during the AUKUS summit on March 13, 2023 in San Diego, California. President Biden hosts British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego for an AUKUS meeting to discuss the procurement of nuclear-powered submarines under a pact between the three nations. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Allies’ plans for new AUKUS ‘innovation initiatives’ unveiled in DOD’s 2024 budget request

Emerging Tech

John Sherman — John Sherman participates in a virtual panel with Billington Cybersecurity at the Pentagon, April 15, 2021. (DoD photo / Chad J. McNeeley)

Pentagon CIO issues IT standards revamp

IT

This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. - FBI agents on Thursday arrested a young national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets -- including about the Ukraine war. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest made "in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information." (Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) — This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI agents arrest Air Force National Guard member in connection with DOD documents leak

Cyber

Hands working on creating interfaces for websites and mobile app. UX UI design and programming — Source: Getty Images

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency gets set to launch revamped, more mobile-friendly website

Tech

Energy of an atom (Getty Images)

Pentagon seeks $75M for new program to accelerate quantum tech transition

Emerging Tech

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Brynt Parmeter, former Walmart exec, tapped to be DOD’s first-ever Chief Talent Management Officer

Tech

NSIN Adaptive Threat Force trained personnel from the Mississippi National Guard experimented with emerging technology at the Thunder Strike exercise in June 2022. (Source: NSIN)

Inside the network that connects DOD officials with emerging tech they weren’t aware of

Emerging Tech

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Navy’s global research hub moves to launch a new office in India

Emerging Tech