Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI contract challenged by Amazon, ending long-contested cloud-computing deal

“The troops expect to have information at their fingertips, and that information comes through the cloud, so they are missing out on what everyday Americans have access to,” said Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps general and Democratic Senate staffer who now works as an industry consultant. “We’ve been waiting around because of this bureaucratic procurement process, which in my view was flawed from the outset.”