The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) is a U.S. federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) supporting the Navy, Marine Corps, and other defense customers.
CNA appears in the vault as the venue for former aaro director sean-kirkpatrick’s April 27, 2026 presentation, in which he characterized the early-2023 high-altitude shootdowns — including the Lake Huron AIM-9X event — as hobbyist-balloon takedowns.