The U.S. Department of Defense is on track to award its pivotal Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract by the end of the year, after missing a previous deadline, a Pentagon official said.
Pentagon on track for $9 billion contract award after abandoning JEDI
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Pentagon cancels JEDI contract and plans more advanced cloud-based warfare platform
Pentagon cancels JEDI contract and plans more advanced cloud-based warfare platform
A primary concern of the Pentagon is to maintain technological superiority over international rivals such as Russia and China. According to Peter Asaro, a professor at the New School in New York and a cofounder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, “The advanced militaries are pushing the envelope of these technologies. They will proliferate rapidly.”
Amazon accused Trump of bias, and now Microsoft’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract is on hold
Amazon accused President Trump of improperly influencing the contact.
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