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Brandi Vincent: Behind-the-byline of one the Pentagon's top tech reporters (opens the original)
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What’s it like covering the Pentagon at a moment when artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and even unexplained phenomena are shaping the national security conversation? In this episode of CTRL + ALT + DEFENSE, DefenseScoop Senior Reporter Brandi Vincent joins the podcast to talk about her path into defense journalism and what it takes to cover technology and transformation across the Defense Department in 2026. She shares the storylines defining her reporting, what she’s watching as t
Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz (opens the original)
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In early June, a pair of U.S. pilots flying an Apache helicopter were downed in the Strait of Hormuz. Faced with sending more service members into the perilous body of water near Iran, the U.S. Navy decided to deploy an unmanned Saronic Corsair drone to rescue the pilots, and did so successfully. The first-of-its-kind rescue mission is emblematic of the shifting nature of conflict where unmanned autonomous systems — in the sea, on land and in the sky — are playing vital roles in defense operatio
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