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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An F- 22 Raptor takes flight as part of Polar Force 19-4 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 2, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Valdes Montijo)

F-22 fighter jet shoots down mysterious ‘object’ off the coast of Alaska; another downed over Canada

Tech

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, Melissa Dalton, testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense hearing “to determine what decisions went into how we dealt with the Chinese spy balloon,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 9, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

US, Canada developing secretive ‘Crossbow’ sensor network as concerns mount over Chinese balloon fleet

Emerging Tech

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

DOD building ‘body of knowledge’ to better detect China’s suspected spy balloons

Tech

Air Force wants small businesses’ help with command and control for large numbers of autonomous systems

Emerging Tech

An F22 fighter jet soars above the clouds as the sun begins to set over a beautiful cloudscape. Source: Getty Images

After downing China’s alleged high-altitude spy balloon, U.S. moves into recovery — and discovery — phase

Weapons

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Pentagon leaves many questions unanswered about China’s ‘maneuverable’ balloon lingering over the US and allegedly spying

Tech

A U.S. Air Force F-22 performers aerial maneuvers July 14, 2019, at the “Mission Over Malmstrom” open house event on Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob M. Thompson)

Military brass have recommended against shooting down an alleged Chinese spy balloon flying over the US — for now

Tech

American soldier in headquarter control center (Source: Getty Images) — American soldier in headquarter control center (Getty Images)

Brandi Vincent

Articles by Author

F-22 fighter jet shoots down mysterious ‘object’ off the coast of Alaska; another downed over Canada

US, Canada developing secretive ‘Crossbow’ sensor network as concerns mount over Chinese balloon fleet

DOD building ‘body of knowledge’ to better detect China’s suspected spy balloons

Air Force wants small businesses’ help with command and control for large numbers of autonomous systems

After downing China’s alleged high-altitude spy balloon, U.S. moves into recovery — and discovery — phase

Pentagon leaves many questions unanswered about China’s ‘maneuverable’ balloon lingering over the US and allegedly spying

Military brass have recommended against shooting down an alleged Chinese spy balloon flying over the US — for now

CDAO, combatant commands embark on latest series of ‘stress-test’ experiments to inform JADC2

Defense Innovation Board to write new report ‘in collaboration with AI’