Pentagon Considers Dropping Microsoft JEDI Effort

The Pentagon is reportedly considering dumping a $10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) that has been delayed due to criticism from lawmakers and continued litigation by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). In 2019, the Pentagon awarded the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to Microsoft, surprising analysts who had expected Amazon to win the contract. Amazon filed suit to try to reverse that decision, claiming that President Trump's long-standing feud with CEO Jeff Bezos had caused him to get involved and improperly influence Pentagon officials to steer the contract to Microsoft.