The US military has asked American tech giants to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with the latest cloud technology, offering a $10 billion contract for it.
The Pentagon announced on Friday that the DoD was seeking a limited request for bids for a new cloud initiative to replace the canceled decade-long Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) with a new $10 billion contract.
The US military called on the four largest cloud providers in the US, namely, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle to bid for spots on the controversial multi-billion-dollar Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract that is the successor to the JEDI and has taken years to award.
The latter contract stalled and was eventually canceled following a flurry of protests and lawsuits from the big tech companies that had won spots on the contract.
A final award of the JWCC contract is expected around April 2022.
“Our commitment to supporting our nation’s military and ensuring that our warfighters and defense partners have access to the best technology for the best value is stronger than ever,” an Amazon spokesperson was quoted by MarketWatch as saying in an email. “We look forward to continuing to support the DoD’s modernization efforts and building solutions that help accomplish their critical missions.”
Meanwhile, the Pentagon's former software chief revealed that cyber defenses capabilities in some US government departments were at "kindergarten level".
Nicolas Chaillan, who resigned in protest against the slow pace of technological transformation in the US military, said the failure to respond was putting the United States at risk.
Chaillan announced his resignation at the beginning of September, saying military officials were repeatedly put in charge of cyber initia ..
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