The Pentagon announced on Thursday a nearly $7 billion, up-to-10-year agreement with Oracle ‌to consolidate the department's on-premises software licenses ‌into a single contract, the latest move by the Pentagon's technology ​chief to cut costs by eliminating fragmented purchasing. The Enterprise Software Agreement, negotiated by the Department of the Navy, is between the Pentagon and Oracle for its on-premises ‌compute usage. The agreement ⁠spans five years, with a further five-year option, and covers the entire Pentagon, along ⁠with the U.S. Coast Guard and the intelligence community.