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The department is racing to get the follow-up JWCC awarded amid pressure to better handle massive volumes of data and seamlessly link military systems that previously could not communicate, a concept known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/03\/09\/how-jadc2-is-improving-nuclear-command-and-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joint All-Domain Command and Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is so critical,\u201d Sherman told Rep. James Langevin, a Rhode Island Democrat who leads a cyber and technology subcommittee. \u201cSir, you\u2019ve brought this up from here in your position. We\u2019ve gotten that message loud and clear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sherman in late March said a weighty workload <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/03\/29\/pentagon-slows-9-billion-cloud-competition-citing-more-work-to-be-done\/\" target=\"_blank\">and other procurement considerations<\/a> would delay until December the $9 billion JWCC, even though the process is on the right track. The decision to push things back was made as the scope of what still had to be done became clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s just going to take us a little bit longer than we thought,\u201d Sherman said in a March 29 briefing. \u201cAnd, from my CIO seat, I\u2019ve told the team we\u2019re going to make sure we do this right, take the time that they need, so we can stick the landing on this, given the imperative of what JWCC is for the Department of Defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2021\/08\/25\/it-leader-new-dod-enterprise-cloud-contract-remains-on-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">JWCC<\/a> contract is meant to fill a void in the department\u2019s cloud-computing arsenal, bridging unclassified, secret and top-secret classifications and reaching to the military\u2019s farthest edge. Sherman previously said nothing currently satisfies those needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon last year contacted Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle about the JWCC, stressing that only a few companies could meet the program\u2019s significant demands. Proposals are under review. Sherman in March would not say if he expected fewer than four deals to be made, citing procurement sensitivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial JWCC contracts will comprise a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/2984496\/joint-warfighting-cloud-capability-award-planned-for-december\/\" target=\"_blank\">three-year base with one-year options<\/a>, according to the Pentagon. A full and open competition for a future multi-cloud, multi-vendor environment will likely follow. 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