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  • Amazon Web Services plans to protest the JEDI cloud. (Photo by Marine Corps)
    Amazon files paperwork for protest of Pentagon’s JEDI cloud award

    In a video obtained by Federal Times, AWS CEO Andy Jassy said the company planned to protest the award.

    Andrew Eversden
    November 14
  • Government agents charged a Long Island-based company with selling Chinese-made military equipment to the US military.
    This New York-based company was just caught allegedly selling Chinese-made hardware to the DoD

    Some of these hardware solutions included ground-based radar, turnstiles, and closed-circuit television systems, all of which the company claimed were manufactured in America.

    Ian D'Costa
    November 12
  • In this March 28, 2019, photo, David Bernhardt speaks before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at his confirmation hearing to head the Interior Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Interior Department is proposing to award a contract for federal water in perpetuity to a water district that long employed Bernhardt. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
    Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head

    Conservation groups are demanding fuller disclosure of financial terms and an environmental review of the proposed deal for the California's Westlands Water District, the nation's largest agricultural water supplier.

    Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press
    November 8
  • Think of it as procurement for millennials. (skynesher/Getty Images)
    Want to win a government contract? Try a selfie

    Think of it as procurement for millennials.

    Jill Aitoro
    October 30
  • The DoD wants the JEDI cloud to consolidate data for use by the warfighter at the tactical edge.
    So what problems does JEDI solve, really?

    Industry leaders say that the DoD's enterprise cloud will allow the warfighter to access data quicker, consolidate data and develop artificial intelligence.

    Andrew Eversden
    October 29
  • The Pentagon's JEDI cloud was awarded to Microsoft after months of delays. (Jennifer Gonzalez/Marine Corps)
    Amazon or Microsoft? DoD picks a winner for its controversial JEDI contract

    The multibillion dollar contract competition pitted two tech giants against one another.

    Andrew Eversden
    October 25
  • Senior Airman Skyler Vinay, a 28th Communications Squadron cyber transport systems technician and Staff Sgt. Sebastian Ritter, 28th CS Communications Focal Point noncommissioned officer in charge, inspect a computer during the Cyber Storm exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Accenture Federal Services, a multinational professional services company, received the third contract for Air Force’s Enterprise IT as a Service program and will experiment with delivering computing and storage capabilities as a service to eight Air Force bases, (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)
    The latest step in the Air Force’s Enterprise IT as a Service plan

    The Air Force is adding another company to its Enterprise IT as a Service experiment, the service announced June 28.

    Cal Pringle
    July 3
  • Looking for a deal: Raytheon and United Technologies Corporation will merge, creating one major corporation with assets such as Raytheon's next-gen GPS control system, seen here. (Raytheon)
    Raytheon Technologies Corporation: UTC, Raytheon make marriage official

    Combined, the two firms are expected to be the second largest defense contractor in the world.

    Aaron Mehta
    June 9
  • House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks on Capitol Hill. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
    Lawmakers order deeper TransDigm probe by DoD watchdog

    It’s not over yet for TransDigm, the defense contractor that repaid the government $16 million in overcharges amid heat from U.S. lawmakers.

    Joe Gould
    June 6
  • In this March 7, 2019, photo, the Texas state flag files outside the Huawei Technologies Ltd. business location in Plano, Texas. President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday, May 15, 2019, apparently aimed at banning equipment from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from U.S. networks. It does not name specific countries or companies and gives the Department of Commerce 150 days to come up with regulations. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
    Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban

    A Trump administration executive order declares a national economic emergency that empowers the government to ban the technology and services of "foreign adversaries" deemed to pose "unacceptable risks" to national security — including from cyberespionage and sabotage.

    Frank Bajak and Tali Arbel, The Associated Press
    May 16
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