Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services Full Deployment Production (CANES FD)

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a multiple-award Master IDIQ on December 16, 2022, for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) Full Deployment Production, with a combined ceiling of 4.098 billion dollars and ordering authority through December 15, 2032—6 years and 4 months of remaining vehicle life.

Ordering has been steady through early 2026, with 36 task orders issued as of February 17, 2026. The vehicle moved 7 orders in its first year (2022), accelerated to 10–11 orders annually in 2023–2024, then slowed to 7 in 2025 and 1 in 2026 year-to-date. All orders remain unrestricted; the vehicle carries no set-aside designation. Combined task-order potential value stands at $283.9 million, with $268.9 million (95 percent) already obligated.

Work centers on CANES production units and sub-assemblies for afloat and submarine platforms, spares, software licensing and renewal, and ancillary system components—all firm-fixed-price awards. Recent orders (2023–2026) range from roughly $1.8 million to $23.9 million per delivery order, with completions typically 12–20 months from award. The Navy's Program of Record consolidates existing shipboard networks to reduce infrastructure footprint, enhance cybersecurity and command-and-control resilience, and support over 280 ships and submarines.

Competition concentrates sharply at the prime level. Serco Inc. holds 14 of 36 orders worth $118.4 million combined potential value. Management Services Group, Inc. follows with 8 orders and $89.7 million, and VT Milcom Inc. with 6 orders and $47.5 million. These three firms capture roughly 94 percent of task-order count and account for the entirety of customer concentration; all 36 orders fund Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. Peraton Inc. and BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. hold smaller positions. The skew toward Serco is pronounced: the top prime's portfolio exceeds the combined value of the next two competitors by a substantial margin, signaling entrenched incumbent advantage.

CANES is the Navy's Program of Record (POR) that consolidates and replaces existing afloat networks providing the necessary infrastructure for applications, systems and services required to dominate the cyber warfare tactical domain. CANES represents a key aspect of the Navy's modernization planning by upgrading cybersecurity, command and control, communications and intelligence systems afloat, and by replacing unaffordable and obsolete networks. The primary goals of the CANES program are to: 1) Provide a secure afloat network required for Naval and Joint Operations; 2) Consolidate and reduce the number of afloat networks through the use of Common Computing Environment and mature cross domain technologies; 3) Reduce the infrastructure footprint and associated Logistics, Sustainment, and Training costs; and 4) Increase reliability, security, interoperability and application hosting to meet current and projected Warfighter requirements.