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WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Department of Defense will continue to defend its contentious Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud<\/a> contract in court after signaling earlier this year that the program\u2019s future was uncertain<\/a>, according to court documents filed Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon\u2019s decision to continue defending the JEDI contract is unexpected after the department stated in January it would reassess the program if the court decided to hear Amazon Web Services\u2019 allegations of political interference by President Donald Trump<\/a>. In late April the U.S. Court of Federal Claims declined to toss out those allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documents filed Friday afternoon indicate that at least several more months of litigation are expected in the lawsuit, which AWS filed after it lost the contract to Microsoft in October 2019. Under one scenario posed by the department, the case would continue into at least October, two years after it originally awarded Microsoft the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, a Pentagon spokesperson Russ Goemaere said the filing, called a Joint Status Report, was a \u201cstandard filing in any litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe filing merely reflects the proposed schedule for further proceedings in the case, as directed by the Court\u2019s April 28, 2021 Order,\u201d Goemaere said. \u201cNothing about this procedural filing changes our previous statements regarding our commitment to establish an enterprise cloud capability for the Department \u2014 we hope through JEDI \u2014 but the DoD\u2019s requirements transcend any one procurement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWS\u2019 lawyers proposed a slower timeline in an effort to collect more evidence of an alleged anti-Amazon bias in the award decision. AWS argued in the filings that the department is withholding Slack messages and emails that would affect the scope of the discovery process. The cloud giant states that it wants to \u201censure the record is complete for a fair and full adjudication\u201d of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DoD meanwhile argued for a faster timeline, stating that AWS\u2019 proposal for a slower schedule does \u201congoing harm to national security or continued delay in fielding these critical capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe passage of over 18 months since this bid protest was filed serves to increase the urgency of expeditious resolution now, not reduce it,\u201d DoD lawyers wrote of AWS\u2019 protest filed in December 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The JEDI cloud, a contract worth up to $10 billion over a decade, has been the cornerstone of the department\u2019s digital modernization strategy. Senior IT officials have stated for years that JEDI cloud would deliver the department the computing power to develop artificial intelligence tools broadly, as well as give war fighters access to mass amounts of data across different security classification levels on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWS rebuts the DoD\u2019s national security argument by citing numerous public statements from senior DoD officials detailing how the department worked with services and combatant commands to mitigate national security harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, DoD lawyers wrote \u201cAWS\u2019s attempt to leverage this noble calling for its own self-serving interests merely underscores the need for this Court to fully, fairly, and expeditiously adjudicate AWS\u2019s allegations so that the DoD may field the tools necessary to achieve its critical mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Microsoft\u2019s win in 2019, JEDI cloud implementation never started. In early 2020, the court ruled that AWS\u2019 case had merit and placed a hold on Microsoft and Pentagon teams building JEDI, a major blow for a cloud platform that is supposed to host 80 percent of DoD systems. Last year, the department decided it would reconsider its award to Microsoft but later re-affirmed<\/a> its choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Friday\u2019s filing, Microsoft backed the department\u2019s effort to move forward with the JEDI cloud and called for a prompt decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite the fact that it remains unclear when the case will be decided, Microsoft has continued to invest in the program, has remained ready to perform, and is incurring continuing costs, while losing anticipated revenue,\u201d Microsoft\u2019s lawyers wrote. \u201cMicrosoft objects to Amazon\u2019s tactics aimed at prolonging the duration of this protest \u2014 despite the needs of our military and the significant national security interests at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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