The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) that provides research and analysis services to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and other government agencies. While CNA's work spans various areas, it has contributed to studies related to space policy and national security space issues. CNA partners with organizations like NASA and supports the Department of Defense in addressing complex challenges. CNA is associated with keywords such as research, analysis, national security, and space policy.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Analysts from the Center for Naval Analyses concluded that there are many possible ways to design a Space Force and that it cannot be known before implementation whether any design will produce the expected benefits.
The Center for Naval Analyses, the sole FFRDC for the Department of the Navy, was selected to develop the plan mandated by the 2018 NDAA.
The Center for Naval Analyses produced a study to develop a plan to establish a Space Force as a separate military department.
A secret Center for Naval Analyses report circulating in the Pentagon produced cost estimates for a new space service (not including Space Command) that are consistent with Heather Wilson’s $13,000,000,000 five-year estimate.
A study ordered by Congress in the 2018 defense policy bill will examine options for reorganizing the Air Force with a separate space branch and was outsourced to the Center for Naval Analyses.