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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U.S. Marines with the Low Altitude Air Defense Detachment to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct simulated counter unmanned aerial systems operations aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, April 14, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aydan Millette)

Lawmakers push DOD to designate new ‘executive agent’ for counter-small drone oversight

Tech

Photo of San Rafael Falls, Ecuador’s biggest waterfall, taken prior to a an upstream riverbed collapse that eventually destroyed the falls. (Getty Images)

Erosion catastrophe in Ecuador sparks ‘rare’ NGA drone mission

Tech

CIO John Sherman speaks at GEOINT 2024 (USGIF photo)

Pentagon CIO previews ‘Fulcrum,’ the next digital modernization strategy

IT

Pentagon CIO John Sherman (USGIF image)

Pentagon issues new guidance to address industry gripes about ATO process

Cyber

NATO’s Scott Bray speaks at GEOINT 2024, in Kissimmee, Florida. (Photo courtesy of USGIF)

AI will ‘revolutionize’ the way NATO looks at geospatial intelligence, leader says

AI

Overhead view of NGA Campus East (NGA photo)

NGA issues solicitation as it moves to better monitor illicit maritime activities in Indo-Pacific

AI

A Bradley Fighting Vehicle loads onto the ARC Integrity Jan. 25, 2023, at the Transportation Core Dock in North Charleston, South Carolina. More than 60 Bradleys were shipped by U.S. Transportation Command as part of the U.S. military aid package to Ukraine. USTRANSCOM is a combatant command focused on projecting and sustaining military power at a time and place of the nation’s choosing, advancing American interests around the globe. (U.S. Transportation Command photo by Oz Suguitan)

How Transcom transformed to ‘rapidly adapt as things change around the world’

Tech

The “Juniper” series of events are designed to test collective U.S.-Israeli readiness and improve the interoperability of defense systems. (Photo source: IDF Spokesperson’s Office and DVIDS)

After Iran’s strikes on Israel, Juniper Oak exercises seen as a ‘harbinger’

Weapons

Ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, and U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, sail together during a trilateral exercise, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah M. Williams)

Navy to unveil new ‘structured piloting’ framework for IT modernization

IT