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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Greg Little poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Oct. 21, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

Deputy CDAO Greg Little to depart Pentagon for Palantir

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Office of Naval Research to enable new algorithms that identify and make sense of threat objects

AI

Modern Day Marine exhibit floor, June 27, 2023. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

How Marine Corps University is experimenting with generative AI in simulations and wargaming

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A U.S. Marine with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division uses an unmanned aircraft system during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 2-23 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 23, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Kennelly)

Marine Corps Warfighting Lab experiments to ‘sense and make sense’ of littoral environments

Emerging Tech

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office at the Department of Defense, left, gives a presentation during a public meeting of NASA’s unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The UAP independent study team is a counsel of 16 community experts across diverse areas on matters relevant to potential methods of study for unidentified anomalous phenomena. NASA commissioned the nine-month study to examine UAP from a scientific perspective and create a roadmap for how to use data and the tools of science to move our understanding of UAP forward. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Senate’s intelligence authorization bill questions ‘reverse engineering’ of government-recovered UAPs

Emerging Tech

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 13: Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) speaks during a press conference for the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force on June 13, 2023 outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

DOD might not be on track to enable joint integration ‘urgently required’ for JADC2, House panel warns

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Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) speaks at a rally with grandmas and Congressional members for “Build Back Better’ in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on December 09, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations)

House lawmakers want DOD to create a process for reporting and retiring irresponsible AI

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PHILLIPPINE SEA (March 25, 2022) — Sailors assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) and the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 prepare an MQ-8B Fire Scout for takeoff. (U.S. Navy photo by Mineman 1st Class Philip Dalton)

USS Charleston’s maiden deployment supported drone flights, mine countermeasure training

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DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent interviews Mike Madsen at DefenseTalks 2022. (Photo by Pixelme Studio)

How Mike Madsen spent his last days leading DIU

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