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Navy/USMC

Navy’s New Shipboard Computing Environment Moves Into Full Deployment Phase

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, October 22nd, 2015

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Navy’s New Shipboard Computing Environment Moves Into Full Deployment Phase

Graphic describing the Navy's CANES system. (Image: DoD)

The Defense Department earlier this month authorized the full deployment of the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program, which upgrades the service's shipboard computing systems and consolidates five networks into one.Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall on Oct 13 signed the Acquisition Decision Memorandum approving the full deployment decision, a milestone that is equivalent to full-rate production. The decision transfers oversight authority for the program from the Defense Department to the Navy, and the service will be responsible…

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