Consolidated Afloat Network Ent Services(CANES)

Abstract

Consolidated Afloat Networks & Enterprise Services (CANES) is a DoN Efficiency Initiative and is the Navy's only Program of Record (POR) to replace existing afloat networks and provide the necessary infrastructure for applications, systems, and services to operate in the tactical domain. CANES is the technical and infrastructure consolidation of existing, separately managed afloat networks currently under PE 0204163N (LI 3050) Ship Communications Automation, including Integrated Shipboard Network Systems (ISNS), Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System - Maritime (CENTRIXS-M), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Networks, and Submarine Local Area Network (SubLAN). These legacy afloat network designs are End of Life starting in FY 2012 and CANES will replace these existing, unaffordable, and obsolete networks. The fundamental goal of CANES is to bring Infrastructure and Platform as a Service (IaaS / PaaS), within which current and future iterations of Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) computing and storage capabilities will reside. CANES will provide complete infrastructure, inclusive of hardware, software, processing, storage and end user devices for Unclassified, Coalition, Secret and SCI for all basic network services (email, web, chat, collaboration) to a wide variety of Navy surface combatants, submarines, Maritime Operations Centers, and aircraft. In addition, approximately 36 hosted applications and systems inclusive of Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Information Operations, Logistics and Business domains require the CANES infrastructure to operate in the tactical environment. Integrating these applications and systems is accomplished through Application Integration (AI), the engineering process used to evaluate and validate compatibility between the CANES IaaS / PaaS and the Navy-validated applications, systems and services that will utilize the CANES infrastructure and services. Specific programs, such as Distributed Common Ground System - Navy (DCGS-N), Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M), Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS), and Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS), are dependent on the CANES Common Computing Environment (CCE) to field, host, and sustain their capability because they no longer provide their own hardware. CANES requires that ADNS field prior to or concurrently with CANES due to architectural reliance between the two programs. CANES will field on a rolling four year hardware baseline and a two year software baseline. CANES is based on the overarching concept of reducing the number of afloat networks and providing enhanced efficiency through a single engineering focus on integrated technical solutions. This will allow for streamlined acquisition, contracting test events, and significant lifecycle efficiencies through consolidation of multiple current configuration management baselines, logistics, and training efforts into a unified support structure. In FY 2013, CANES RDT&E investment will continue to fund platform set 3 and 4 baseline development. Perform Developmental Testing (DT) and Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E) on unit level platform in support of Full Deployment Decision (FDD) in 4QFY13. Continue testing events at Enterprise Engineering and Certification (E2C) lab on platform sets 2,3,4. Begin DT on force level baseline in support of Follow On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) planned to occur in FY 2014. Continue hosted system integration testing and Application Integration (AI). The Communications Automation Program - This project is a continuing program that provides for automation and communications upgrades for fleet tactical users. It includes Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) and High Frequency Internet Protocol/Sub Network Relay. ADNS is the method by which tactical Navy units transfer Internet Protocol (IP) data to Navy and Department of Defense communities on the Global Information Grid (GIG). ADNS serves as a gateway to enable joint and coalition interoperability for these tactical assets and ensures GIG connectivity. ADNS allows unclassified, secret, top secret traffic, and various joint, allied, and coalition services to reconnect to the Defense Information Systems Network ashore via radio paths and pier connectivity. FY13 funds will be used for ADNS interface design development, integration for network application and Radio Frequency (RF) paths and to complete Operational Testing on ADNS INC III Submarines.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
• Source ID: 0303138N_7_1319_PB_2013
• Change Summary Explanation: Technical: Platform sets 1,2,3,4 added to further define phases of CANES system development efforts. Each platform set consists of different ship class design baselines. Operational Assessment (OA) replaced Operational Testing (OT). Developmental Test Assists (DTA) replaced Developmental Test (DT) events associated with Technical Insertion (TI). DTA scope is less than that of a full DT event since the test is only focused on the changes made to the design. Funding: CANES Military Intelligence Program (MIP) related funding under PE 0303238N investment ends in FY 2012. MIP requirements transition to PE 0303138N beginning in FY 2013. Communication Automation Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) Project 0725 was realigned from Program Element 0204163N to 0303138N in FY13 and out due to architectural reliance with CANES. Schedule: CANES Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract completion, Limited Deployment (LD) contract option, Operational Assessment(OA) has been rephased. Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) for Platform Set 2, Developmental Testing events added for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), FOT&E and TI. ADNS Inc II Full Operational Capability (FOC) and ADNS Inc III Submarine Fielding Decision are planned for FY13.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Human Systems
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Automation
• Bandwidth
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Computer Networks
• Configuration Management
• Control Systems
• Cost Analysis
• Decision Support Systems
• Department Of Veterans Affairs
• Deployment
• Network Protocols
• Radio Equipment
• Radio Frequency
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

• 5G
• 5G - DoD 5G Program
• 5G - Internet of Things
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control