Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to try again to move ahead with a $95 billion international aid bill that includes $60 billion for Ukraine as well as funding for Israel, Taiwan, and Indo-Pacific partners. Schumer had hoped to move the bill to the floor for debate and amendments yesterday but adjourned the Senate last night when it appeared he was short of the 60-vote threshold necessary to advance the measure, reportedly saying Democrats would "give our Republican colleagues the night to figure themselves out.”
After months of fierce fighting, Russian forces are on the verge of their most significant victory since they captured Bakhmut in May as Ukrainian troops, short of bodies and ammunition, struggle to hold off a determined assault on the besieged city of Avdiivka in the eastern Donetsk region.
The “exorbitant” amount of data being taken in by the U.S. Army is impacting the effectiveness of warfighters and commanders, and the service branch’s leaders say they actually need less of it. “Information overload is real. Data overload is real,” said Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, during a panel discussion at the ExecutiveBiz Army Acquisition Priorities: Balancing Readiness and Modernization Forum on Wednesday.Learn how military branches and other government agencies are harnessing new technologies like artificial intelligence to help process its data. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual AI Summit on March 21, 2024. Register here for your chance to meet, learn from and network with the top AI experts and leaders from government and industry.
The U.S. Army is soliciting feedback on its plan to establish a consortium-like organization and a contract vehicle to support the development of fire support command and control systems and other digital fires products designed to improve the decision-making process and accelerate kill chains against near-peer threats. White papers in response to the request for information are due Nov. 22.Register here to hear Army officials and industry experts as they discuss the future of acquisition for the service branch at ExecutiveBiz's Army Acquisition Priorities: Balancing Readiness and Modernization Forum on Nov. 8.