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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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WASHINGTON (March 9, 2009) The military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) is one of five ocean surveillance ships that are part of the 25 ships in the Military Sealift Command Special Mission Ships Program. Impeccable directly supports the Navy by using both passive and active low frequency sonar arrays to detect and track undersea threats. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)

Redacted watchdog report spotlights Navy staffing strains impacting undersea surveillance

Tech

Then-U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Joseph Kunkel, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander, stands in an F-15E Strike Eagle July 9, 2021, in an undisclosed location somewhere in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

DIU’s first active-duty military deputy wants to help U.S. forces meet future fights ‘with swagger’

Tech

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael speaks onstage alongside Rep. Ken Calvert and Rep. Betty McCollum at an APFIT event in the Cannon House Office Building on July 21, 2026. (DOD Photo)

Pentagon’s next APFIT round will prioritize tech that ‘can be made cheaply at scale’

Tech

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

Pentagon investigating mysterious UAP event reported by the Navy near Virginia’s coast

Tech

U.S. military medical personnel conduct training exercises at the medical facility in Camp Bondsteel, operated by U.S. troops on October 14, 2025 in Ferizaj, Kosovo. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

DOD selects Accenture to investigate ‘existential supply chain vulnerability’ threatening military medicine

Tech

U.S. Sailors render honors for Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao during an installation visit at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, May 4, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joey Rolfe)

SECNAV Hung Cao unveils plan for Navy to ‘out-learn and out-fight any adversary’ with AI

AI

A target is hit by a first-person view small unmanned aircraft system strike during an FPV sUAS live fire demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2026. I Marine Expeditionary Force, in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit, evaluated fiber-optic drones for use in signal-degraded environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Bustamante)

In its next chapter, DIU aims to reduce the military’s ‘cost per kill’

Tech

The Pentagon (Getty Images)

DOD halts cybersecurity requirements for CMMC Phase 2: ‘The math just simply doesn’t math’

Cyber

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Post-Advana rebrand, Accenture selected for $821M War Data Platform integration deal

AI