Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has defended tech firms working with the Pentagon Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative (JEDI , amid growing protests by employees over such contracts. Speaking at the WIRED25 summit, Bezos implied that such co-operation was necessary in order to keep the America safe. Last week , Google confirmed that it would not bid for the Pentagon Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative (JEDI ) cloud computing contract. Microsoft staff are also calling on their employer not to bid for the JEDI deal. Earlier this year , Google announced that it would not renew its Project Jeff Bezos contract with the Microsoft when it expires in Earlier this year .
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has defended tech firms working with the US Department of Defense, amid growing protests by employees over such contracts. Speaking at the WIRED25 summit, Bezos implied that such co-operation was necessary in order to keep the US safe. Last week, Google confirmed that it would not bid for the Pentagon Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative (JEDI) cloud computing contract. Microsoft staff are also calling on their employer not to bid for the JEDI deal. Earlier this year, Google announced that it would not renew its Project Maven contract with the Pentagon when it expires in 2019.