The Navy has awarded five contracts totaling $2.5 billion to five companies for Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services production units, according to a Defense Department announcement. The companies securing the contracts issued Aug. 20 are BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Global Technical Systems, Northrop Grumman and Serco. CANES serves as the bridge to the future of Navy afloat networks, consolidating existing legacy and standalone networks, providing the necessary infrastructure for applications, systems and service...
