CANES

Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) is the Navy's program of record for replacing and modernizing tactical networks with cyber-hardened hardware, software, and enterprise services. It operates at the "Tactical Edge," where personnel depend on reliable information systems while facing threats to both connectivity and operational readiness. The program supports information warfare and the Fleet's digital competitive advantage from competition through conflict. In the FY2027 Navy budget, line item 2915 falls under Other Procurement, Navy, Budget Activity 02, Communications and Electronics Equipment, and Budget Subactivity 10, Other Shore Electronic Equipment.

CANES provides processing, storage, network hardware and software, and end-user devices for Unclassified, Coalition, Secret, and Sensitive Compartmented Information enclaves. Its users span surface combatants, Combat Logistics Force ships, submarines, Maritime Operations Centers, and Aegis Ashore sites. Services include application hosting, data transport, system management, cybersecurity, email, web, chat, collaboration, voice, and video. A single engineered approach replaces multiple separate Fleet networks and consolidates configuration management, logistics, training, contracting, and sustainment.

More than 200 applications and systems rely on CANES infrastructure for tactical operations across command and control, intelligence, logistics, and other mission areas. 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) no longer field independent network hardware for these functions. CANES Application Integration supplies common governance, tools, and compatibility testing before hosted applications are fielded. Agile Core Services (ACS) adds shared network and data-science capabilities so application developers can concentrate on their distinct missions.

The program favors commercial off-the-shelf technology to limit development time and uses Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) practices to accelerate updates. Its Continuous Capability Delivery framework fields regular technical insertions and modular Cyber Threat Upgrades to counter changing threats and operational demands; future systems are intended to incorporate cloud computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. CANES is a mature program using a multiple-award production contract and continuous process improvement to improve delivery speed and quality. Consolidated prior-year requirements also record the CANES European Reassurance Initiative, Operation Rolling Tide, and the Automated Digital Network System.

5F010/5F777 CANES Afloat Non-MIP funds initial afloat systems, technical insertions, production and design support, and installation. The FY2027 plan procures six initial afloat units and 27 afloat Technical Insertion (TI) units, while funding pre-installation design, integration, and installation of five initial units and 20 TI units procured in FY2026. TI units procured in FY2027 are scheduled for installation in FY2028: production takes six months, followed by five months of integration, assembly, and testing before installation. Installation planning must account for ship modernization windows, location, class, and the predecessor network's wiring and configuration.

Agile Enclave (AE) has been tracked as a separate afloat procurement and installation cost element since FY2025; previously, its investments were included with afloat TI. The detailed FY2027 procurement and installation schedules provide for 108 AE units to address urgent and emerging Fleet needs in the same fiscal year. AE funding supports rapid cybersecurity upgrades and increased networking capability against current vulnerabilities, while its operational capabilities align with joint priorities supporting real-world operations. Production support covers testing, quality assurance, engineering, and equipment assembly; further operational details are classified.

5F010/5F776 CANES Ashore Non-MIP funds programmed TI refreshes for previously installed Maritime Operations Centers. The FY2027 plan procures one ashore TI unit and supports installation of one unit procured in FY2026, together with production support and Design Services Agent work. As with afloat TI, an ashore unit requires six months of production and five further months of integration, assembly, and testing before installation can begin. The separate ashore line maintains tactical-network protection and readiness at shore sites rather than treating those installations as afloat procurements.

The FY2027 request is intended to deploy CANES as quickly as platform modernization windows and installation capacity allow. Aging commercial hardware and the end of security support for legacy software, including operating systems, increase sustainment costs, reduce availability, and expose tactical networks to cyber vulnerabilities. Refreshes also address growing computing and storage demands from hosted applications and support directives to remove end-of-life or end-of-support Windows operating systems from the Fleet. The quantities describe the same CANES end products and installation sites referenced in CANES INTELL line item 2925; line item 2915 represents the non-intelligence portion of that shared investment.