It’s Microsoft vs Amazon in $10bn Jedi Pentagon deal
The cloud-computing deal has been legally contested for years, with some claiming Donald Trump, famous for his anti-Amazon bias, affecting who got the contract
Washington — Microsoft is in danger of losing a contract to provide $10bn of cloud computing services to the Pentagon, a deal the government has threatened to scrap altogether after years of legal squabbling.
The US defence department said it will reconsider the controversial procurement if a federal judge declines to dismiss Amazon’s allegations that former president Donald Trump’s meddling cost the company the winner-take-all contract. That means the fate of a cloud project the Pentagon considers critical for its war fighters may rest in the hands of the US court of federal claims, which could soon issue a ruling on Amazon’s accusations...
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