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Navy/USMC

CANES Deployment May Not Be Fast Enough, Stackley Says.

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

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Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley warned yesterday that the investment and planned timeframe for installing the service’s next generation tactical afloat network may not be fast enough to keep up with the threats posed to the networks that currently form the communications backbone of naval vessels. Much of the legacy capability on ships today is vulnerable and it’s critical that the Navy moves quickly to upgrade to the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise System (CANES), Stackley told the Senate Armed…

Congress

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