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Cyber

Pentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Deal With Microsoft, Pursues New Multi-Vendor Effort

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021

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Pentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Deal With Microsoft, Pursues New Multi-Vendor Effort

The Pentagon announced Tuesday it has canceled the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract with Microsoft [MSFT], and will instead go after a new multi-vendor effort with initial contracts to be awarded as early as next April. “The department has determined that, due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances, the JEDI cloud contract no longer meets its needs,” the department wrote in a statement. Microsoft originally beat out Amazon Web Services [AMZN] for…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]