The US Defense Department said it will reconsider the controversial procurement if a federal judge declines to dismiss Amazon's allegations that former President Donald Trump's meddling cost the company the winner take all contract.

That means the fate of a cloud project the Pentagon considers critical for its military may rest in the hands of the US Court of Federal Claims, which could soon issue a ruling on Amazon's accusations.

The Pentagon said last month it would take too long to prove in court that its decision to award Microsoft the White House did not unduly influence the lucrative cloud deal. If the judge allows Amazon to argue its bias claims in the case, the government may decide to stop fighting.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a press conference late last month that if the court denies the government's motion it will most likely be facing an even longer litigation process and the DOD Chief Information Officer will re-assess the strategy.

More than a year after Microsoft was named the winner, the Defense Department is still fighting to execute the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud -- or JEDI to serve as the primary data repository for military services worldwide. The deal is worth $10 billion over a decade.

There are signs the Pentagon is already moving on. The Defense Department is talking up its other cloud contracts beyond JEDI, and some of the programme's biggest cheerleaders have left the department, leaving new leaders to make decisions on a procurement they inherited from the Trump administration.

Even Vole is trumpeting all the other work the company plans to keep doing for the Defense Department, in the event that its image-boosting JEDI deal goes south.