The new offering opens the door for cleared defense contractors to build on AWS's classified cloud, backed by an up to $20 million accelerator initiative to fuel innovation.

Gives US defense contractors secure access to cloud

The new offering opens the door for cleared defense contractors to build on AWS's classified cloud, backed by an up to $20 million accelerator initiative to fuel innovation.

The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies.