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Navy/USMC

First Navy Ship With CANES Underway

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

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The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] have completed installation of the new tactical afloat network on a ship and work continues on more than 10 other surface vessels to field the new system, the service and contractor said Monday. The USS McCampbell (DDG-85), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, became the first ship to sail with the Consolidated Afloat Networks Enterprise System known (CANES) when it left Yokosuka, Japan in early October. The USS McCampbell (DDG-85) was the first Navy vessel to…

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