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AWS for Defense (JWCC / Warfighting Cloud)

Amazon's slice of the Pentagon's global warfighting cloud.

Amazon is one of four vendors on the Department of Defense's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), a multi-cloud contract worth up to $9 billion that provides cloud computing from the enterprise to the tactical edge across all classification levels. AWS supplies compute, storage, and AI/ML services underpinning DoD command-and-control, ISR data processing, and mission workloads.

What it does

  • Cloud from enterprise to tactical/battlefield edge
  • All-classification-level DoD workloads
  • AI/ML and data analytics for ISR and C2
  • Global low-latency mission compute
  • Part of the $9B multi-cloud JWCC award

Where it's deployed

  • U.S. Department of Defense (JWCC contract vehicle)
  • Combatant commands and military services

Agencies using it

DoD

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