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Navy Releases CANES RFP For Shipboard Common Computing Environment

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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein The Navy last week issued its anticipated request for proposals (RFP) for the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services (CANES), a directed approach to reduce infrastructure and increase capability across surface ship networks. The RFP is for the common computing environment, the infrastructure piece of CANES, said Chris Miller, program executive officer for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (PEO C4I). Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) had been working since January to issue the RFP, but…

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