Articles about Defense Department

Microsoft and Amazon join Pentagon’s push to build AI-first military with classified network deals

The agreements — which also include OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, SpaceX and the startup Reflection — will give those firms’ AI systems access to the military’s most classified network environments. Read More

Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery

Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot?… Read More

Dispute between Microsoft and Amazon over JEDI cloud contract is delayed

The protracted saga over a $10 billion Defense Department contract that pits Microsoft and Amazon against each other will be… Read More

Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report

Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday, accusing its rival of seeking an unfair advantage as the… Read More

DoD watchdog affirms JEDI award to Microsoft over Amazon, calls bias claims unfounded

A new report by the Defense Department’s inspector general found no evidence that President Donald Trump improperly influenced the award… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

Satya Nadella: Staying out of politics, focusing on tech, helped Microsoft win Pentagon cloud contract

Microsoft’s surprise victory last week in a protracted competition to build the Pentagon’s war cloud has some critics asking whether… Read More

Pentagon ethics probe clears acting defense chief after claims of Boeing bias

The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General says acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is in full compliance with his… Read More

Acting Pentagon chief is facing an ethics investigation over charges of Boeing bias

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, who was a veteran Boeing executive before going to the Pentagon, is facing an ethics… Read More

Former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan will take over Pentagon after his boss quits

President Donald Trump says Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, will take charge of the Pentagon on… Read More

Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan chosen to become deputy defense secretary

President Donald Trump today announced his intent to nominate longtime Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as deputy secretary of defense, the Pentagon’s… Read More

Pentagon awards $2.1 billion contract to Boeing for more KC-46 tanker aircraft

Boeing has won a $2.1 billion contract to build more tanker planes for the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer and the… Read More

U.S. Defense Department won’t get direct access to Microsoft source code after all

The U.S. Defense Department will not get direct access to Microsoft source code under a $927-million support contract signed earlier this week,… Read More

Microsoft wins $927M support contract from U.S. Defense Department

Microsoft has won a $927-million, five-year contract to provide technical support to the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The company earlier… Read More