The Pentagon terminated defense contracts and grants for $ 580 million.

The Pentagon terminated defense contracts and grants for $580 million. This was announced on March 20 by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

"Today I am signing a memorandum that orders the termination of contracts and grants from the Ministry of Defense for more than $ 580 million, which do not correspond to the priorities of the president and the ministry," he said in a video posted on the Internet. Twitter).

The Defense Minister clarified that this amount included grants from the Pentagon in the amount of $360 million to reduce carbon emissions from ships of the US Navy, the purchase of software for personnel services, contracts with consulting companies, as well as university funding for the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning models.

After signing the memorandum, Hegseth informed that the total amount of funds saved by the Pentagon during the new leadership had reached $800 million.

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