Here’s the story behind the JEDI contract. : This morning, Fortune published a captivating investigation of the inner-workings of 21st-century military-techno complex. It’s called “How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon,” and it was done in partnership with ProPublica, the non-profit investigative news organization. The story delves into the JEDI project (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure), which is the Pentagon’s initiative to move its information technology systems to the cloud. And there’s a $10 billion, 10-year contract at stake.