{"id":258186,"date":"2026-05-28T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/war-department-signs-9-7b-technology-deal-with-dell-for-microsoft-services-u-s-department-of-war-defense-department-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:55:09","slug":"war-department-signs-9-7b-technology-deal-with-dell-for-microsoft-services-u-s-department-of-war-defense-department-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/war-department-signs-9-7b-technology-deal-with-dell-for-microsoft-services-u-s-department-of-war-defense-department-news\/","title":{"rendered":"War Department Signs $9.7B Technology Deal With Dell for Microsoft Services > U.S. Department of War > Defense Department News"},"content":{"rendered":"

War Department Signs $9.7B Technology Deal With Dell for Microsoft Services > U.S. Department of War > Defense Department News<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4502292\/war-department-signs-97b-technology-deal-with-dell-for-microsoft-services\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-28 17:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.war.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

The War Department announced today a five-year agreement to purchase Microsoft Services \u2014 a move expected to save the department $422 million annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The Department of War is taking a definitive step forward to advance our digital infrastructure to deter near-peer adversaries by awarding a five-year, $9.7 billion Core Enterprise Technology Agreement to Dell Federal Systems,” said Kirsten A. Davies, DOW chief information officer. “This second-generation blanket purchase agreement will streamline and consolidate critical Microsoft software and services across the Department of War, the intelligence community and the U.S. Coast Guard.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The agreement provides the department with access to Microsoft 365, advanced cloud subscriptions and critical on-premises licensing; it’s the department’s largest to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This CETA acts as part of the digital connective tissue essential for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control … this ensures our warfighters have the tools for just-in-time data sharing, supports our pivot to [artificial intelligence] and data analytics, and undergirds uninterrupted operational continuity for our most sensitive and disconnected environments,” Davies said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previously, across the department, dozens of separate contracts provided services to the same groups who will now receive the services under a single enterprisewide contract. The consolidation of contracts ensures service members and department civilians continue to have access to the same services, but now those services will cost less and save taxpayer dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This enterprise approach is not just about capability, it’s also about delivering on [Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s] promise to be responsible stewards of the American people’s resources \u2014 taxpayer money,” Davies said, noting that the new agreement is not new funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because the new contract and old contracts are with the same vendor, the funding…<\/p>\n

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