Business
Amazon Offers 2nd Air-Gapped Cloud For Top-Secret Data
The new cloud's data centers are "more than 1,000 miles" away from the northern-Virginia complex that serves U.S. intelligence and defense agencies.
Policy
NSA Awards Secret Up-to-$10B Contract to Amazon
A Microsoft protest of the decision has revealed some details about the U.S. intelligence community's second multi-billion dollar cloud award of the year.
Business
Pentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Contract
The Defense Department will opt for a new multibillion-dollar, multi-vendor contract.
Policy
Court to Explore Whether Trump Officials Interfered in JEDI Contract
The Defense Department previously said lengthy litigation could threaten the contract’s future.
Business
Pentagon Awards JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft, Again
The decision follows a months-long legal challenge filed by Amazon Web Services.
Threats
The Pandemic is Pushing the Pentagon Toward Classified Telework
The risk-averse agency has cracked small-scale remote handling of secret and top-secret information. The challenge is doing it at scale.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Wants More Time to Review JEDI Cloud Contract Bids
The Defense Department says it wants to further discuss Microsoft’s and Amazon Web Services’ pricing.
Threats
FBI Opens a China-Related Counterintelligence Investigation Every 10 Hours
FBI Director Chris Wray says China is increasing its illegal activity to subvert the U.S. during the pandemic.
Science & Tech
Navy's $70 Billion Financial System Now in the Cloud
Just "one database contained more than 13 terabytes of data." Amazon moved the entire system in 10 months, eight ahead of schedule.
Science & Tech
Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Boost Pentagon AI Talent
Step one: teach the Defense Department's HR staff to find and hire experts in artificial intelligence.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Wants Help With Its Predictive Aircraft Maintenance AI
Among other things, the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center needs someone to format data about H-60 helicopters in a way that an AI can learn from it.
Business
Amazon Files Another Protest Over JEDI Contract
In response, Microsoft blasts Amazon Web Services for trying to force a do-over for the multibillion-dollar cloud contract.
Policy
Pentagon IG: We Can’t Rule Out White House Influence on JEDI Award
A 300-page investigation reveals multiple ethics violations and a refusal by Defense Department General Counsel to let senior officials comment on communications with the White House.
Business
US Intelligence Agencies Are Told to Be Flexible with Contractors During Coronavirus
New guidance recommends immediate contract modifications to allow some contractors to remain at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business
Pentagon Will Modify Hundreds of Contracts for Coronavirus Response
The Defense Department is ramping up the purchase of certain items, including ventilators, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Science & Tech
Amazon: Pentagon Is Trying to ‘Gerrymander’ Its JEDI Fix
Amazon Web Services said the Pentagon’s plan to fix the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract is not enough.
Business
Pentagon Will Allow Companies to Rebid for JEDI Contract
Defense procurement officials have asked a federal judge for a 120-day remand to “reconsider its evaluation” of the up-to-$10 billion cloud contract.
Threats
DISA Data Breach Affected 200,000 People, Officials Confirm
Defense officials provided few details but said the affected systems have since been secured.
Science & Tech
Amazon Wants Trump to Testify as It Protests JEDI Cloud Award
Amazon Web Services also wants to hear from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and has asked for White House communications in its case against the Defense Department.
Science & Tech