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First Navy Ships With CANES Underway

Gally Articola

Wednesday, November 27th, 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 on Nov. 25. 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 Navy plans to field CANES on more than 190 ships and land…

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