Compiled by <strong>KMI</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Group</strong> staff Having met key cost, schedule and performance entry criteria, the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program has received milestone B approval. Navy officials described CANES as being at the forefront of recent acquisition reform changes directed by the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (USD AT&L). A recent series of “better buying power” memorandums directed acquisition organizations to pursue initiatives in the areas of target affordability and control cost growth; creating incentives for productivity and innovation in industry; promoting real competition; improving tradecraft in services acquisition; and reducing non-productive processes and bureaucracy. “CANES meets the spirit and intent of what the Department of Defense wants acquisition programs to be doing to obtain greater efficiency and productivity in defense spending,” explained Navy Captain D.J. LeGoff, program manager for the Tactical Networks Program Office. “In alignment with USD AT&L’s acquisition roadmap, the program foundation is built upon cost containment, open architecture and competition throughout the program’s life cycle.” The approval was based on the program’s ability to meet key defense acquisition efficiency criteria such as maximizing competition, streamlining the acquisition process, targeting affordability and controlling cost growth. CANES represents the consolidation and enhancement of five shipboard legacy network programs. It will provide the common computing environment infrastructure for <strong>C4</strong>I applications that currently require system specific infrastructure to operate legacy systems. people Major <strong>Gen</strong>eral Susan S. Lawrence has been nominated for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as chief information officer/G-6, Office of the Secretary of the Army. Lawrence most recently served as 4 | MIT 15.1 Navy’s CANES Seeks Better Buying Power commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Air Force Colonel Linda R. Medler, deputy chief information officer of the Joint Staff, has been nominated to the grade of brigadier general. Air Force <strong>Brig</strong>adier <strong>Gen</strong>eral John R. Ranck Jr., who has been serving as deputy director, strategic effects, U.S. Air Forces- Iraq, has been appointed director, warfighter systems inte- Milestone B is the initiation point for acquisition programs and official entry into the engineering and manufacturing development phase of a program’s life cycle. The purpose of this phase is to develop a system, complete full system integration, develop an affordable and executable manufacturing process, and demonstrate system integration, interoperability, safety and utility. The milestone B decision, which also included milestone C entrance criteria, allows for the production of four limited fielding units. These units are intended for operational and training use, and will not be installed until completion of an operational assessment and a successful milestone C decision. At this point the program will enter the production and deployment phase. The Navy’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence oversees the CANES program and is managing competitive system development contracts with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. Consolidation through CANES will eliminate many legacy, standalone networks while providing an adaptable and responsive information technology platform to rapidly meet changing warfighter needs. This strategy strengthens the network’s infrastructure, improves security, reduces the existing hardware footprint and decreases total ownership costs. In addition to providing greater capability, CANES will allow fleet end-users to benefit from reduced operations and sustainment workloads as a result of common equipment, training and logistics. CANES will be deployed to more than 190 ships, submarines and maritime operations centers by 2021. gration, Office of Information Dominance and chief information officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. <strong>Gen</strong>eral Dynamics Advanced Information Systems named John Jolly, a 25-year veteran of the Department of Defense and the defense industry, as the vice president and general manager of its Cyber Division. Global Crossing has appointed Bill O’Neill to the position of vice president, federal sales, in the company’s federal sector business unit. O’Neill is a former vice president of Qwest Government Services. Alex Heidt Harris has named Alex Heidt vice president of Air Force programs for its IT services business. www.MIT-kmi.com
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