Brandi Vincent

Brandi Vincent is DefenseScoop’s Pentagon correspondent. She reports on emerging and disruptive technologies, and associated policies, impacting the Defense Department and its personnel. Prior to joining Scoop News Group, Brandi produced a long-form documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. She grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.

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United States Navy flag on flagpole (Source: Getty Images)

Inside the Navy’s strategic pursuit to prototype and deploy genAI at scale

AI

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon departs after being refueled over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 17, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Central Command looks to expand its counter-drone arsenal in the aftermath of Operation Rough Rider

Weapons

A Canadian soldier dismantles a drone as a team from the Canadian Navy test thermal imaging drone capabilities in Arctic environments, during Operation Nanook, the Canadian Armed Forces’ annual Arctic training and sovereignty operation, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, February 27, 2025. (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada eyes major military investments, more non-U.S. defense partnerships

Tech

Lt. David Bailey, from Millersville, Maryland, assigned to air department’s primary flight control and air damage control division, gives the signal for an aircraft to take off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 15, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson)

Navy contracting officers will soon see new incentives to ‘go commercial’

Tech

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Pentagon begins recruiting its next cohort of disruptive defense acquisition fellows

Tech

Base Operations screenshot showing threat intelligence and AI-powered predictive analytics around Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland. (Source: Base Operations)

Air Mobility Command enlists AI to better spot and track threats to military bases

AI

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command conducts a walkthrough with Kenyan Gen. Charles Kahariri, Chief of Defence Forces, Kenya Defence Forces at the African Chiefs of Defense Conference 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya May 27, 2025. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Libby Weiler, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

U.S. military posture in Africa shifts while terrorist threats intensify

Tech

Pentagon, Department of Defense, DOD — (Photo credit: DOD / Lisa Ferdinando)

Pentagon to restructure weapons testing office, cut personnel as part of Hegseth-directed shakeup

Tech

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

DOD civilians get new instructions on DOGE-inspired productivity reports

Tech