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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DOD participates in NASA study ‘to move our understanding of UAP forward’

Emerging Tech

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Pentagon’s SDA rebrands its nascent National Defense Space Architecture

Space

Ukrainian soldiers equip trenches on a field not far from Soledar, Donetsk region on January 14, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – Ukraine reported a fresh wave of attacks and hits on key infrastructure facilities on January 14, 2023, a day after Russia claimed to have captured the ravaged eastern town of Soledar following a long battle. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon highlights air defense, mechanized forces amid ‘brutal World War I-style engagements’ in Ukraine

Emerging Tech

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomes Japan’s Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada to the Pentagon on Jan. 12, 2023. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

U.S. and Japan deepen military cooperation to advance disruptive technologies

Emerging Tech

In a an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) before the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Mr. Scott Bray shared this Navy image of a UAP captured during Naval Exercises off the East Coast of the United States in early 2022. The image was captured through night vision goggles and a single lens reflex camera. (DOD photo)

New ‘official channels’ for sharing data on unexplained phenomena leads to uptick in Pentagon’s collection of evidence

Space

A Marine Advanced Robotics WAM-V unmanned surface vessel operates in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 29, during Digital Horizon 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Murphy)

5th Fleet commander reveals ‘takeaways’ from recent exercise with AI-enabled drones

AI

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HII executive wants CVN-80 to be the Navy’s ‘first 3D-printed ship’

Emerging Tech

A MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vessel (USV), front, operates alongside Royal Bahrain Naval Force fast-attack craft RBNS Abdul Rahman Al-fadel during exercise New Horizon in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 26, 2021. Exercise New Horizon was U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Task Force 59’s first at-sea evolution since its establishment Sept. 9, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dawson Roth)

Navy’s Task Force 59 reaches full operational capability as it works to build a ‘digital ocean’ of connected assets

AI

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Tech leader leaving Pentagon role to chair new NATO innovation accelerator

Emerging Tech