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  Amazon files suit against Pentagon's 10 billion dollar cloud contract to Microsoft

  World | November 23, 2019 10:37 IST

  AWS lost the JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract on October 25 that will provide enterprise level, commercial Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to support Department of Defence business and mission operations.

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  Amazon appeals $10B Pentagon contract won by Microsoft

  World | November 15, 2019 11:08 IST

  In a statement Thursday, Amazon said that “numerous aspects” of the bidding process involved “clear deficiencies, errors, and unmistakable bias.” It did not elaborate.

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  Baghdadi's body disposed of with law of armed conflict: Pentagon

  World | October 29, 2019 7:53 IST

  Asked about President Trump saying that Baghdad was whimpering and crying before he died, General Milley said the presidential account was based on the conversation that he had with those involved in the attack.

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  Pentagon hands Microsoft $10 Billion ‘war cloud’ deal, snubs Amazon

  World | October 26, 2019 13:53 IST

  The Pentagon awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract , snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose competitive bid drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals.  

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  Employees accuse Google of surveillance at workplace

  World | October 26, 2019 12:30 IST

  According to MIT Technology Review report citing a memo obtained by Bloomberg, the browser extension "would automatically report staffers who create a calendar event with more than 10 rooms or 100 participants."

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  Pentagon Chief contradicts Trump's statement on Syria withdrawal

  World | October 21, 2019 8:58 IST

  They aren’t coming home and the United States isn’t leaving the turbulent Middle East, according to current plans outlined by U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper before he arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday. The fight in Syria against IS, once spearheaded by American allied Syrian Kurds who have been cast aside by Trump, will be undertaken by U.S. forces, possibly from neighboring Iraq.

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  Pentagon approves military construction cash for Donlad Trump's border wall

  World | September 04, 2019 7:45 IST

  Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border.  

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  India, US strategic partnership has strengthened significantly in past two decades: Pentagon

  World | June 01, 2019 12:23 IST

  A quarter of US exports go to the Indo-Pacific. Exports to India and China have more than doubled over the past decade due to free and open trade routes through the air, sea, land, space and cyber commons that form the current global system.

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  Air-Launched Ballistic Missile will realise China’s nuclear triad, says Pentagon

  World | May 09, 2019 10:31 IST

  The US Department of Defence (DOD) released its annual public assessment of China’s military capabilities. The Office of the US Secretary of Defence noted the development in its annual report to Congress last week.

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  Pentagon defends India's ASAT test, says country is concerned over 'threats' in space

  India | April 12, 2019 10:16 IST

  On March 27, India achieved a historic feat by shooting down its own low-orbit satellite with a ground-to-space missile, making the country a space power.

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  Pentagon sanctions $1 billion for US-Mexico border wall

  World | March 26, 2019 9:26 IST

  In February, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to funnel billions of dollars to wall construction. As part of his announcement, he directed the use of counter-drug funds to partially begin a new wall construction.

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  Google reluctant to work with Pentagon, is partnering with China: US lawmakers told

  World | March 15, 2019 6:36 IST

  The California-based Internet giant has long sought to expand in China, home of a Great Firewall.

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  Top US General calls his Pakistani counterpart, discusses current security environment: Pentagon

  World | February 27, 2019 8:59 IST

  The strike was the first by the Indian Air Force (IAF) inside Pakistan after the 1971 war.

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  India-US strategic partnership advancing at historic pace: Pentagon

  World | February 13, 2019 10:40 IST

  India and the United States had last year signed the COMCASA (Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement) to facilitate interoperability between the two militaries and sale of high end technology.

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  China, Russia pose challenge to US space capabilities: Pentagon

  World | February 12, 2019 9:51 IST

  The report "Challenges to Security in Space" examines the space and counterspace programmes that could challenge the US or partner interests in the space domain.

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  Chinese actions out of step with international norms, diminishes sovereignty of countries: Pentagon

  World | January 16, 2019 13:00 IST

  The Pentagon report identified 17 cases in which Chinese investment and project financing bypassed regular market mechanisms and has resulted in negative economic effects for the host country.

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  Pentagon planning troop pullout from Afghanistan, say officials

  World | December 21, 2018 9:37 IST

  U.S. troops stormed into Afghanistan in November 2001 in an invasion triggered by the Sept. 11 attacks.  

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  Aggressive Chinese industrial policy impacting American defense industry, says Pentagon report

  World | October 06, 2018 9:14 IST

  In its report at the direction of the President Donald Trump, the Pentagon said Friday while many companies have established their research and development wing in countries like India and China, the latter is different in its approach.   

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  Pentagon asks Pakistan to use influence over Taliban, stop cross border movement

  World | October 05, 2018 8:06 IST

  "As we often talk with the military leadership in Pakistan, we need them to continue to stay engaged in this. We need them to help lower the violence in Afghanistan," US Central Command Commander General Joseph Votel told reporters during a Pentagon news conference.  

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  Pentagon finds poisonous mail sent to Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, chief of naval operations

  World | October 03, 2018 7:07 IST

  "On Monday, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency detected a suspicious substance during mail screening at the Pentagon's remote screening facility," Pentagon spokesman Col. Robert Manning said in a statement