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Cyber

Oracle Protesting DoD’s Single-Award Approach For $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

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Oracle [ORCL] has filed a pre-award protest challenging the Pentagon’s decision to stick to a single-award contract for its $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud project.The protest, submitted to the Government Accountability Office on Monday, arrives ahead of a Sept. 17 deadline to submit bids for the massive cloud computing effort and challenges the DoD’s decision to avoid a multi-cloud approach.“The technology industry is innovating around next generation cloud at an unprecedented pace and JEDI virtually assures DoD…

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]

Congress

House Narrowly Votes To Pass $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA, Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0

The House on Wednesday narrowly voted to pass its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill […]