Oracle wins $7 billion DoD software contract, stock jumps 2%

Oracle Corp. won a $7 billion software contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, sending its shares up more than 2% in pre-market trading on July 24.

The award positions Oracle against Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc.'s AWS and Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud for large-scale federal IT spending. The Pentagon has increased its software procurement budget as it modernizes logistics, data management and cybersecurity infrastructure across military branches.

The $7 billion deal is among the larger technology contracts awarded by the Defense Department this year. Oracle's database and cloud platforms will support mission-critical operations, including supply chain management and secure data storage.

For Oracle, the contract provides a multi-year revenue commitment that strengthens its competitive position in the federal market. The stock's pre-market gain of more than 2% reflects investor confidence in Oracle's ability to win large-scale government deals against cloud rivals.

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