In the latest sign that multi-cloud computing awards will become a corporate and government agency norm, Boeing Co. BA, -1.63% on Wednesday announced it has awarded a contract to the three biggest U.S. cloud-computing companies — Amazon.com Inc.'s AWS AMZN, -2.66%, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -3.80% and Alphabet Inc.'s Google GOOGL, -2.56% GOOG, -2.35% — to revamp its cloud services for airplane designers and software developers. “This represents a significant investment in the digital tools that will empower Boeing's next 100 years,” Susan Doniz, Boeing's chief information officer and senior VP for information technology and data analytics, said in a LinkedIn post. “These partnerships strengthen our ability to test a system – or an aircraft – hundreds of times using digital twin technology before it is deployed.” Boeing's deal comes before final approval of the Defense Department's multibillion-dollar Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract, which is expected to be awarded to AWS, Microsoft, Google and perhaps Oracle Corp. ORCL, -0.94%.
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