{"id":31232,"date":"2022-10-06T19:07:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/06\/pentagon-on-track-for-9-billion-contract-award-after-abandoning-jedi\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:47:02","slug":"pentagon-on-track-for-9-billion-contract-award-after-abandoning-jedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2022\/10\/06\/pentagon-on-track-for-9-billion-contract-award-after-abandoning-jedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon on track for $9 billion contract award after abandoning JEDI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Department of Defense is on track to award its pivotal Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract by the end of the year, after missing a previous deadline, a Pentagon official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDecember 2022 is still the date we\u2019re aiming for, for awards,\u201d Lily Zeleke, an acting deputy chief information officer, said at an Oct. 5 event<\/a> hosted by Federal News Network. \u201cI can tell you we\u2019re progressing well, and we anticipate to meet that date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract, known as JWCC, is a potential $9 billion successor to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure arrangement, or JEDI, which the Pentagon awarded to Microsoft after years of delays and then abandoned in 2021. The cancellation came amid accusations from rival Amazon that the Trump administration tainted the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Department is working to institute the follow-up JWCC as pressure builds to more effectively process data and seamlessly connect forces across land, air, sea, space and cyber, a concept dubbed Joint All-Domain Command and Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JWCC is meant to link the military\u2019s most remote edge with its farthest headquarters, bridging unclassified, secret and top-secret classifications. No such ability now exists, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\t