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Cyber

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

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]

Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

The Pentagon estimates the U.S.’ ongoing conflict with Iran has now cost at least $29 billion, while a lead official noted the updated figure does not factor in damage to […]