The Defense Department is "behind the curve" in getting an enterprise cloud capability and cannot have further delays following the cancelation of the controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, the top lawmaker on the House Armed Services cyber and technology subcommittee told Inside Defense today. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), chairman of the House Armed Services cyber, innovative technologies and information systems subcommittee, said in an interview that DOD needs to "move at the speed of relevance in a shifting technology environment." "It's been extremely frustrating that it's taken so long to get JEDI off the ground and now it's canceled," he said. "This is a capability, in terms of the enterprise cloud, a capability that we can't continue to delay. Data is the future of warfighting and we need an enterprise cloud capability to harness full potential. And, also, without a software-centric acquisition process, we're struggling to field the new technology that we need for future conflict." The Pentagon on July 6 announced it canceled the embattled $10 billion JEDI contract, which was awarded to Microsoft in 2019. The department said it will instead be pursuing a new multicloud, multivendor effort called the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.
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