Consolidated Afloat Network Ent Services(CANES)

Abstract

Consolidated Afloat Networks & Enterprise Services (CANES) is the Navy's only Program of Record (POR) to replace existing afloat networks and provide the necessary infrastructure for applications, systems, and services required for NAVY to dominate the Cyber Warfare 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 currently End of Life 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 CANES 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 develop updates 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 network baselines 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. Platform Sets 1, 2, 3, and 4 define phases of CANES system development efforts. Each platform set consists of a different ship class design baseline. In FY 2014, CANES RDT&E investment will support the developmental efforts for Technical Insertion (TI) software baselines. Perform system engineering efforts to complete functional baselines and updates to technical data packages. Continue testing events at Enterprise Engineering and Certification (E2C) lab on Platform Sets 2, 3, and 4 and on the TI software baseline. Complete Initial Operational Test and Evaluation on unit level platforms. Perform Developmental Testing (DT) on force level baseline in support of Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E). Continue hosted system integration testing and Application Integration (AI). Achieve Full Deployment Decision (FDD). 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. FY14 funds will be used for ADNS interface design development, integration for network application and Radio Frequency (RF) paths.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0303138N_7_1319_PB_2014
• Change Summary Explanation: Technical: N/A Funding: CANES Military Intelligence Program (MIP) related funding under PE 0303238N investment ended in FY 2012. MIP requirements transitioned to PE 0303138N beginning in FY 2013. FY 2014 $3.2M investment for LPD-17 platform development for inclusion in CANES Platform Set 4 baseline. FY 2014 - 2018 $41.4M Risk based ajdustment based on prior year actual expenditures for follow on development. 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 down-select occurred on 1 February 2012 and an ensuing 23-day protest period caused the following efforts to be rephased: CANES Milestone C (MS C), Initial Operational Capability (IOC), Full Deployment Decision (FDD), Operational Assessment (OA), Unit Level Developmental Test (DT) and Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), Force Level DT and Follow-on Test and Evaluation (FOT&E), Full Deployment (FD) contract award, and Limited Deployment (LD) deliveries. The ADNS INC III Submarine Operational Testing (OT) have been updated to reflect the correct milestone from 4QFY12 to 1QFY13. The ADNS program will continue System Development efforts for interface design development and integration with network applications, future SATCOM and Radio Frequency (RF) paths. Production efforts will include fielding and sustaining INC II and III systems.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Human Systems
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Bandwidth
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Computer Networks
• Configuration Management
• Control Systems
• Cost Analysis
• Decision Support Systems
• Deployment
• Engineering
• Information Operations
• 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

• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control