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Brandi Vincent

Defense Technology Correspondent

Brandi Vincent
Brandi Vincent reports on national security technologies and policies, and produces the Critical Update podcast. Before joining Nextgov, she produced a long-form documentary and helped create news content at Snapchat and NBC Network. Brandi was named a 2021 Paul Miller Washington Fellow by the National Press Foundation and was awarded SIIA’s 2020 Jesse H. Neal Award for Best News Coverage. She grew up in south Louisiana and received a master’s in journalism from the University of Maryland.
Contracts

Navy targets prototypes to support human-operated and autonomous weapons and vehicles

Only certain, U.S.-based companies will be considered for collaboration.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Companies

DOD awards Verizon almost $1 billion to modernize its networks

New communications equipment will soon be deployed at the Pentagon and beyond.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Companies

Excella lands $116M award to modernize USCIS IT and customer services

The work is set to unfold over the next five years.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Contracts

DARPA taps OTAs to accelerate the making of a useful quantum supercomputer

An ultramodern system might not be so far off.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Contracts

Air Force Eyes Space-Centered Cyber Training

A new request for information is set to inform future budget and program decisions.

  • By Brandi Vincent