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Protests Lodged Against Navy’s CANES Award

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Protests Lodged Against Navy’s CANES Award
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 two losing companies in the competition for the full production of the Navy’s new ship-based information technology system have formally protested the contract award to the five firms that successfully submitted bids. DRS Technologies and CGI Federal filed the protests with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPWAR) announced the $2.5 billion contract for the full production of the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES). The…

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