Microsoft wins U.S. Department of Defense contract for JEDI defense cloud infrastructure project, possibly worth $10 billion

Briefing

Microsoft wins U.S. Department of Defense contract for JEDI defense cloud infrastructure project, possibly worth $10 billion

October 31, 2019

Briefing

  • Defense Cloud Contract – U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded cloud contract to Microsoft on October 25, 2019 to provide Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for JEDI project, besting top cloud provider Amazon
  • JEDI Project – Stands for Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, $10 billion project in 10 years to modernize military technologies and move data to cloud
  • Selection Process – Went through evaluation according to set criteria by Government Accountability Office and Court of Federal Claims and approved by DoD Inspector General
  • Multi-Cloud Strategy – DoD plans to adopt multi-vendor, multi-cloud environment strategy, which means other cloud companies could be offered contracts as well
  • Other Technologies – JEDI can enable U.S. military’s plans to increase use of remote sensors, semi-autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Information Technology, Military and Security

Function

IT Infrastructure

Organization

Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Defense

Source

Original Publication Date

October 25, 2019

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