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Senate Slows Production, Accelerates Research And Development On CANES

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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

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Lawmakers have opted to slash production dollars for the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program citing delays in its ongoing development, while simultaneously boosting research and development funds for the effort. As part of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill, panel members recommended a $90 million cut to the sea service’s initial $195 million request for CANES production. Designed to replace the slate of mission-specific command, control and…

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