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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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

U.S. Air Force Airman participating in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Battle Management in a synthetic, joint combat environment, ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighter readiness in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and eight distributed locations, Aug. 15-19, 2022. The 705th CTS, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, used its live, virtual, and constructive, or LVC, environment capabilities to connect simulators and live aircraft in a dynamic battlespace to challenge air, land, and maritime combatants in the USINDOPACOM AOR and incorporating multiple U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Army platforms. (Papers on the desk were blurred for security purposes) (U.S. Air Force photo by Deb Henley)

Navy leaders call for a common operating center to better coordinate live and virtual training across bases

Emerging Tech

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 13, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devin M. Monroe/Released)

Navy exploring new concept to ‘replicate ashore training range capabilities afloat’

Emerging Tech