Pentagon stalls $10 bn cloud contract given to Amazon
The Pentagon has put off awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract sought by Amazon, saying the process will be reviewed by the newly appointed defense secretary.
Amazon was considered a strong contender to provide technology for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program a contract that is also being pursued by Microsoft but critics argued that the bidding process favored the Seattle-based technology titan.
The move to stall the contract process came a week after Mark Esper was confirmed as the new US secretary of defense.
Esper was selected by US President Donald Trump, who has lashed out at Amazon and company founder Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post.
"Secretary Esper is looking at the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program," defe...