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 the Navy to dominate the Cyber Warfare domain. CANES is the technical and infrastructure consolidation of existing, separately managed afloat networks 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 unaffordable and obsolete networks. The fundamental goal of CANES is to bring Infrastructure and Platform as a Service, within which current and future iterations of Navy Tactical Network 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 to a wide variety of Navy surface combatants, submarines, Maritime Operations Centers, and aircraft. In addition, 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 Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) field prior to or concurrently with CANES due to the 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 different ship class design baselines. In FY 2015, CANES RDT&E investment will support the developmental efforts for Technical Insertion (TI) software baseline. Perform systems engineering efforts to complete functional baselines and updates to technical data packages. Continue testing events at Enterprise Engineering and Certification (E2C) laboratory for TI software baseline. Perform Developmental Testing (DT) and Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) for force level platforms. 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 (DISN) ashore via radio paths and pier connectivity. In FY 2015, ADNS RDT&E investment will support continued interface design development and integration with network applications, development of Line-of-sight (LOS) Link, DISN integration, development of Cipher-Text (CT) piers. Also in FY2015, study efforts will begin with the intention of integrating ADNS into the Joint Aerial Layer Network - Maritime (JALN-M) system. JALN-M is the Navy implementation that provides network connectivity in areas that have limited or denied Satellite Communications (SATCOM). ADNS study efforts will include addressing network management, intra and inter domain routing, Quality of Service (QoS), and Concept of Operations discussions.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0303138N_7_1319_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: Technical: N/A Funding: N/A Schedule: Impacts resulting from operational ship availability timelines for the CANES Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) test platforms caused the Unit Level DT1, Unit Level DT2, IOT&E and Force Level DT and Force Level FOT&E test events to be re-phased. The delays to the ship availability timeline also caused IOC to be re-phased based on IOC definition in the program's Capability Development Document (CDD) for IOC to be declared once first installation is completed. CANES development of Platform Sets 1, 2, 3 & 4 has been re-phased to include development in FY 2014 to align with ship installation schedules of platforms added to the CANES Target Inventory Objective. CANES Limited Deployment re-phased to reflect Limited Deployment authorization provided at Milestone C. The ADNS INC III Submarine Verification of the Correction of Deficiencies (VCD) Report has been added in 4QFY13 to finalize the Operational Test report required by COMOPTEVFOR (COTF). The ADNS program will continue system development efforts for interface design development and integration with network applications and Defense Information Systems Network (DISN), future SATCOM, JALN-M and Radio Frequency (RF) paths.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Human Systems
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Computer Networks
• Control Systems
• Decision Support Systems
• Deployment
• Developmental Tests
• Engineering
• Frequency
• Information Operations
• Network Computing
• 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
• Space