US EditionNDAA Bill Proposes Pentagon AI Futures Committee for AGI Preparedness
The $900.6 billion bill includes a 3.8% troop pay raise, acquisition reforms, and $400 million for Ukraine aid, aiming to enhance military readiness and support allies.
- On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the fiscal 2026 NDAA by a 312-112 vote, advancing the $900.6 billion bill to the Senate before the holiday break.
- Driven by acquisition reform, the bill this year merged Senate and House proposals to speed Defense Department buys and introduce portfolio acquisition executives.
- On procurement and personnel, the bill allocates $26 billion for shipbuilding, $38 billion for aircraft, provides a 3.8 percent pay increase, and includes program protections for programs like the E-7 Wedgetail and UH-60 Black Hawk.
- Political consequences include growing friction between the Republican-led Congress and President Donald Trump, with 18 Republicans and 94 Democrats opposing the bill, while congressional appropriators hold nonbinding funding power but enforce policy changes by law.
- The sprawling bill also mixes high-level funding with granular mandates, from boat strikes in the Caribbean to support for Ukraine, reflecting partisan trades on climate and diversity initiatives.
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Next 2-3 years a rare window for Chinese humanoid robots, says American professor long focused on robotics development
The 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC), which launched on Friday in Beijing, highlighted the direction of future development in embodied intelligent robots - with a focus on areas like cognition, decision-making, and safety - while featuring more than 200 top domestic and international robotics firms.
Defense Bill Includes Hundreds of Millions for Ukraine, NATO Countries, Israel, and More
The 2026 NDAA comes with a total sticker price of just over $900 billion. Hundreds of millions of that is for foreign military aid. ... The post Defense Bill Includes Hundreds of Millions for Ukraine, NATO Countries, Israel, and More appeared first on The New American.
Reps. Cleaver, McIver Reintroduce Bill to Protect and Prepare Workers for Economic Impact of AI
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Co-Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Tech Initiative, along with Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), reintroduced the Workforce of the Future Act, legislation that would require a detailed study to grow our understanding of artificial intelligence (AI), its impact on the economy and workforce, and determine the skills necessary for workers to succeed.
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