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James Baney Wins CNA's Phil E. Depoy Award for Analytical Excellence

CNA annually awards the Phil E. DePoy Award for Analytical Excellence to recognize an employee who has shown exceptional analytical contributions. CNA honored Principal Research Scientist Dr. James Baney as the winner for 2021.

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— CNA (@CNA_org) September 14, 2022

📆 This Friday!📆
Join us at 10:30AM EDT on September 23 for a virtual event on #Drones Over #Ukraine: Commercial Technologies in Combat.

We're honored to have @faineg join CNA's @SamBendett, @HMRoff, and @jeffaedmonds (moderator).

RSVP: https://t.co/c83lyCsiHv #uavs #russia
— CNA (@CNA_org) September 19, 2022

For those interested, WOTR has reissued this article from summer of 2020, which I think is quite relevant today. https://t.co/s65R4kEpOl
— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) September 19, 2022

📆 This Friday!📆
Join us at 10:30AM EDT on September 23 for a virtual event on #Drones Over #Ukraine: Commercial Technologies in Combat.

We're honored to have @faineg join CNA's @SamBendett, @HMRoff, and @jeffaedmonds (moderator).

RSVP: https://t.co/c83lyCsiHv #uavs #russia
— CNA (@CNA_org) September 19, 2022

CNA's Fleet Plans and Requirements program helps #USNavy decision-makers develop warfighting concepts and plans to optimally sustain the force.

Learn more:https://t.co/4qXyv5Epok
— CNA (@CNA_org) September 19, 2022

Attending this year's #IslandsDialogue from @CarnegieEndow and @SPF_PR?

Catch @nilanthis speaking about Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific: An Island Perspective **today** at 2:45 EDT ⬇️ https://t.co/6q5xFJ3fvb
— CNA (@CNA_org) September 18, 2022

“I think it does become somewhat harder for the Ukrainians going forward," @russmil tells the @WSJ. https://t.co/O6PLUAAqnq #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraine
— CNA (@CNA_org) September 17, 2022

“We’re likely going to see an inflection point in this war, and there’s likely to be a Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just unclear what its chances of success are," @KofmanMichael tells @ForeignPolicy. https://t.co/L9Q8ephu2o #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraine
— CNA (@CNA_org) August 30, 2022

"They understand that they needed those #drones yesterday in large quantities," @SamBendett tells the @washingtonpost. https://t.co/TpFkYsDGrT #Russia #Iran #Ukraine
— CNA (@CNA_org) August 30, 2022

"New Leadership For a New Generation," by @JJSchroden.

Over on #InDepth:https://t.co/LYzKc77ZSu #SOF #specialops #millennials #genz
— CNA (@CNA_org) August 30, 2022

EVENT

Drones Over Ukraine: Commercial Technologies in Combat

Experts convene on Zoom to discuss how the war in Ukraine serves as a live, ever-evolving test case for the use of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in warfighting.

September 23, 2022
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Speakers: Samuel Bendett, Advisor, Russia Studies Program, CNA; Heather M. Roff, Senior Research Scientist, Special Activities and Intelligence Program, CNA and Faine Greenwood, Owner, Tarentum Consulting, LLC

Moderated by: Jeffrey Edmonds, Senior Research Scientist, Russia Studies Program, CNA