AWS already has 2 air gapped regions solely dedicated for the US government. With that experience and all of their services they can offer, my guess is they wi

AWS already has 2 air gapped regions solely dedicated for the US government. With that experience and all of their services they can offer, my guess is they will win. Edit: the sub-linked article is much better [0]. Here is a good quote from it: "In the RFP, officials noted the contract will be competitively awarded, but Amazon Web Services is widely considered the front-runner for the contract because of its existing contract with the CIA and ability to host secret and top-secret data. According to the RFP, the winning company must meet the government’s rigorous standards to host classified data within 180 days of the contract award, and meet standards to host Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information within 270 days. Currently, Amazon Web Services is the only cloud service provider that meets those standards, though officials from Microsoft and IBM say they’re close to meeting them." [0]: https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/07/pentagon-accepting-bids-its-controversial-10-billion-war-cloud/150070/?oref=d-river https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/07/pentagon-accep...