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DoD Readying JEDI Cloud Re-award Decision For Late August, Dozens Of 5G Pilot Program Deals, CIO Says

DoD Readying JEDI Cloud Re-award Decision For Late August, Dozens Of 5G Pilot Program Deals, CIO Says
Pentagon CIO Dana Deasy. Photo: GW's Project for Media and National Security.

The Pentagon is aiming to announce a decision by the end of August on re-awarding the contract for its potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud competition, as well as preparing dozens of contracts for its first group of 5G pilot programs within the next couple months.  Dana Deasy, DoD’s chief information officer, provided the update to reporters on Thursday, including the latest on the JEDI cloud program, which will go to either Microsoft [MSFT] or Amazon Web…

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