The U.S. DoD today announced that it was shelving the controversial JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft, citing industry advances. It will now work with both Microsoft and Amazon on a new project.
Back in October 2019, Microsoft was awarded the $10 billion United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract after the company affirmed that it was not going to step down from the bidding process amidst protests. However, not all was smooth as Amazon – a company that was in the running for the contract – filed a lawsuit in November 2019 to challenge the contract. The DoD then re-evaluated the contract by inviting fresh bids in March 2020, before finally declaring in September of that year that the Redmond company will retain the contract. However, the legal challenges have since continued, with the likes of Oracle joining the list of companies bothered by the deal.
