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Navy’s $2.5 Billion Arrangement Taps Five Firms To Produce CANES Ship Network

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Navy’s $2.5 Billion Arrangement Taps Five Firms To Produce CANES Ship Network
USS George Washington (CVN 73) Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships steam in formation for a photo exercise during the final day of Exercise Keen Sword 2011. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy

The Navy issued a long-awaited award on Wednesday for the full-rate production of the ship-based IT network known as CANES under a $2.5-billion contract arrangement designed to force five contractors to continuously compete for the work. The five companies are incumbent Northrop Grumman [NOC], General Dynamics [GD], BAE Systems, and smaller firms Global Technical Systems and Serco. Seven bids were submitted to Space and Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), the Navy’s San Diego-based acquisition command for the Consolidated Afloat Network and…

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