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JEDI Contract Award On Hold While Esper Reviews Program

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

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JEDI Contract Award On Hold While Esper Reviews Program

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

The Pentagon is placing a contract award for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud competition on hold while newly appointed Defense Secretary Mark Esper reviews the controversial program. “Secretary Esper is committed to ensuring our warfighters have the best capabilities, including Artificial Intelligence, to remain the most lethal force in the world, while safeguarding taxpayer dollars,” Elissa Smith, a DoD spokeswoman, said in a statement. “Keeping his promise to members of Congress and the American public, Secretary Esper is looking…

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