Investing.com -- Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) advanced 2.2% in pre-open trading Friday after the database and cloud software giant secured a major defense contract valued at up to $6.99 billion from the U.S. Department of War. The single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity agreement under the Department of War Enterprise Software Initiative establishes a streamlined, ten-year procurement framework for Oracle's suite of enterprise products and cloud services. The award underscores Oracle's deep-rooted position within federal government infrastructure, building on a supplier relationship with the defense department that stretches back to the 1990s. For Oracle, securing such a massive defense enterprise deal provides a critical long-term growth catalyst and enhanced revenue visibility at a time when enterprise software providers face heightened macroeconomic scrutiny. Related articlesOracle lands $7 billion Department of War software contract, sending stock higherAs Claude disrupts stock market, Anthropic researcher warns 'world is in peril'This sector is 'poised for a big, beautiful year': Truist