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Navy’s CANES Green Lighted For Production

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

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Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has approved production of the Navy’s next generation tactical afloat network and installation on a first ship could begin as early as this month, the service said yesterday. The Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise System (CANES) will now go into low-rate initial production (LRIP), with 29 units to be produced and 23 of them to be installed on ships. The first ship will be the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer USS Milius (DDG-69). Kendall signed off…

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