JWCC will allow the Defense Department to harness artificial intelligence capabilities from the four vendors awarded under the contract, according to David McKeown.
U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Madison Van Zwol, from Vancouver, Washington, inspects servers in the Automated Data Processing center aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 10, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffery L. Southerland)
The four vendors that were awarded under the Pentagon's JWCC contract will also test out zero trust principles in their clouds to inform the DOD's efforts going…
Attendees walk through an expo hall during AWS re:Invent 2022, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on November 29, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services)
The four vendors selected for the Department of Defense’s $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program will have to compete for every task order under the contract vehicle.
A Modular Fuel System vehicle leaves the Fisher ship after soldiers offloaded cargo during the Joint Readiness Exercise 20, at the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo by Michelle Gigante)
The agency had planned to move its cloud capabilities to the Department of Defense's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud platform — but then it was canceled.