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Protests Lodged Against Navy’s CANES Award

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

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The two losing companies in the competition for the full production of the Navy’s new ship-based information technology system have formally protested the contract award to the five firms that successfully submitted bids. DRS Technologies and CGI Federal filed the protests with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Sept. 2, less than two weeks after the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPWAR) announced the $2.5 billion contract for the full production of the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES). The…

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