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Pentagon Granted Motion To Remand JEDI Cloud Legal Challenge, Allowed To Consider Revised Bids

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, April 17th, 2020

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Pentagon Granted Motion To Remand JEDI Cloud Legal Challenge, Allowed To Consider Revised Bids

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.

A federal court on Friday granted the Pentagon’s motion to remand Amazon’s [AMZN] legal challenge of the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud competition, allowing the department to reevaluate proposals for the program. The Pentagon now has until mid-August to review technical aspects of the contracting process and will allow Amazon Web Services and Microsoft [MSFT], the two JEDI finalists, to submit revised bids for the work. “We are pleased with the court’s decision to grant our…

Army

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Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

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Congress

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass and send a second reconciliation bill to his desk by June 1. The deadline follows congressional Republicans’ backing a pursuit […]