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Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin And BAE Systems Submit Bids For CANES

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Friday, June 5th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems have submitted bids to develop the Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system, the companies said yesterday. CANES is a directed approach to reduce infrastructure and increase capability across surface ship networks. It is run out of the program executive office for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (PEO C4I) in San Diego. The CANES program office for the Northrop Grumman team will be located in…

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