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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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks at the DMI kickoff on Jan 31. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

DOD unveils broad plan and new institute to transform its enterprise management

R&D

Atom — Atom rendering (Getty Images)

Air Force taps Alphabet-spinoff SandboxAQ to demo quantum navigation tech

Emerging Tech

A Ukranian serviceman stands next to a downed Russian drone in the area of a research institute, part of Ukraine’s National Academy of Science, after a strike, in northwestern Kyiv, on March 22, 2022. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO allies ‘don’t have enough data’ on impact of drones in Russia-Ukraine war: Estonian official

Weapons

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Following first-of-a-kind military barracks, the National Guard hunts for new innovations to 3D print

Emerging Tech

Mike Madsen, DIU, DOD — Mike Madsen speaks June 5, 2019, at FedTalks in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop)

Defense Innovation Unit aims to build upon last year’s ‘history-making’ deliveries in 2023

Emerging Tech

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DOD participates in NASA study ‘to move our understanding of UAP forward’

Emerging Tech

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Pentagon’s SDA rebrands its nascent National Defense Space Architecture

Space

Ukrainian soldiers equip trenches on a field not far from Soledar, Donetsk region on January 14, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – Ukraine reported a fresh wave of attacks and hits on key infrastructure facilities on January 14, 2023, a day after Russia claimed to have captured the ravaged eastern town of Soledar following a long battle. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon highlights air defense, mechanized forces amid ‘brutal World War I-style engagements’ in Ukraine

Emerging Tech

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomes Japan’s Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada to the Pentagon on Jan. 12, 2023. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

U.S. and Japan deepen military cooperation to advance disruptive technologies

Emerging Tech