Pentagon Terminates $5.1 Billion Worth of Consulting and IT Contracts

The latest round of contract terminations will bring the Department of Defense’s total spending cut to nearly $6 billion, the Pentagon chief said.

An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on April 2, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Department of Defense (DOD) will cut $5.1 billion in consulting and IT contracts that Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth deemed are non-essential, according to an April 10 memo.

In the memo, Hegseth ordered the DOD to cancel a Defense Health Agency contract with Accenture, Deloitte, and other companies for services that he said “can be performed by our civilian workforce.”