Snodgrass says Mattis pushed back on the request, wanting to follow the contract “by the book”, but Microsoft was nevertheless awarded the $10 billion last week. In July 2019, Bloomberg reported that Trump was preparing to become directly involved in the contract. “We’re surprised about this conclusion,” an AWS spokesperson said. “AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing, and a detailed assessment purely on the comparative offerings clearly lead to a different conclusion.” Meanwhile, Microsoft highlighted its history of work with the defense department and its strong security. As well as JEDI, the company is currently providing HoloLens 2 to the US Army, Office 365 to the interior department, a $1.76 billion Pentagon contract, and an $8 billion DoD contract.
