Pentagon axes multibillion-dollar cloud-computing contract
| The Pentagon on Tuesday axed a multibillion-dollar cloud-computing project after it became sidelined by lawsuits and lawmaker scrutiny.
“Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) canceled the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud solicitation and initiated contract termination procedures,” the department said in a statement. The Pentagon cited “evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances,” as the reason for the termination, saying JEDI “no longer meets its needs.” Amazon for more than a year has contested the $10 billion contract awarded to Microsoft in October 2019. |
