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Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft


Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer
July 6, 2021
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FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon said Tuesday, July 6, 2021, that it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon.Charles Dharapak/AP
WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers.
“With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD’s capability gaps,” the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday. ....

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Pentagon Cancels Disputed Cloud Contract


AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File
WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers.
“With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD’s capability gaps,” the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday.
The statement did not directly mention that the Pentagon faced extended legal challenges by Amazon to the original $1 million contract awarded to Microsoft. Amazon argued that the Microsoft award was tainted by politics, particularly then-President Donald Trump s antagonism toward Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, who stepped down Monday as the company s chief executive officer. Bezos owns The Washington Post, a newspaper often criticized by Trump. ....

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