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Aug 20, 2025
Pentagon Pulls Plug on $800 Million Accenture, Oracle HR Systems: A Wake-up Call for Government Tech Procurement
The Pentagon has abruptly canceled two major HR software modernization projects for the Air Force and Navy—provided by Accenture and built on Oracle’s platform—after more than a decade of development and a combined spend of at least $800million. The programs, intended to overhaul outdated payroll and personnel systems, were described as nearly completed and not suffering from major publicized technical failures or cost overruns. Yet, by May 2025, the Pentagon paused and then terminated both, pivoting to seek solutions from top Silicon Valley vendors Salesforce and Palantir instead