Navy aiming to accelerate installations of new tactical afloat network

By Justin Doubleday / May 18, 2016 at 10:05 AM
The Navy is trying to complete the installations of its new tactical afloat network on ships and submarines by as soon as 2020, according to a service official. The service began upgrading its ships to the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) in November 2013 and has installed the new system on 31 surface ships so far, according to the information provided by the Navy's tactical network program office. While the current target date for completing installations is currently...

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