Pay very close attention on this.
Amazon already manages the NSA’s data centers.
The Amazon AWS lock-in is already extraordinary. The government and defense contractors are paying tons of people to get Amazon brainwashing ("certification").
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
You are correct. Amazon is going all-in for the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract, and many believe they have the inside tract. If the win that contract, the Crystal City HQ will focused on government IT business, not selling merchandise on-line.