Pentagon cancels $10bn Jedi contract with Microsoft after Amazon challenge
by Reuters from US news | The Guardian on (#5KY9M)
Amazon suggested Pentagon's 2019 decision on cloud-computing project was result of improper pressure from Trump'
The US defense department (DoD) has canceled its $10bn Jedi cloud-computing project, pulling the Trump-era award to Microsoft Corp and announcing a new contract that pits the big software firm against rival Amazon.com.
The contract awarded by the Pentagon in late 2019 has been on hold after Amazon filed a lawsuit challenging the decision under then president Donald Trump. Trump publicly derided Amazon's then CEO, Jeff Bezos, and repeatedly criticized the company.
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