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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The Booz Allen Hamilton logo is seen on a building in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

CDAO extends timeframe for data strategy and dashboard development with Booz Allen Hamilton

AI

The silhouette of US engineer and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur is seen past the NASA logo in the Webb Auditorium at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Following the Pentagon’s lead, NASA expands its official definition of ‘UAP’

Emerging Tech

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Congress’ $1.7T omnibus makes accelerating emerging defense tech a national priority

Emerging Tech

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines (C) listens during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee met to discuss worldwide threats including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heard from intelligence officials including both Haines, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director William Burns, and Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers question whether the intelligence community needs its own ‘WERX’ tech incubator

Emerging Tech

Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence and Security Ronald S. Moultrie and testifies before the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, during a hearing on "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 17, 2022. — Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence and Security Ronald S. Moultrie and testifies before the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, during a hearing on “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana / AFP) (Photo by JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon changes ‘UAP’ terminology as it looks to investigate unexplainable sightings across all domains

Emerging Tech

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DOD considers facial recognition technology to speed up secure entry at Air Force bases

Emerging Tech

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Missile Defense Agency taps AI and machine learning to prepare for next-gen threats

AI

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Proposed rule would expand Potomac River ‘danger zone’ where the Navy tests emerging tech

Emerging Tech

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Pentagon’s CDAO aims to improve the underlying data foundation that will power future AI

AI