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The Defence Research Agency (DRA) was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time, the DRA was Britain's largest science and technology organisation. In April 1995, the DRA was combined with five other MOD establishments to form the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.

History

The DRA was formed on 1 April 1991^[1] as an amalgamation of the following Defence Research Establishments:

• Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE) – major sites Portsdown, Hampshire and Southwell, Dorset ("Maritime Division")Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}
• Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) – major site Farnborough, Hampshire ("Aerospace Division")^[2]
• Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) – major site Boscombe DownCategory:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}
• Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) – major site Fort Halstead, Kent ("Military Division")Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}
• Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) – major site Malvern, Worcestershire ("Electronics Division")Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}

DRA's headquarters was created at the RAE site at Farnborough, but the other major sites maintained a great deal of independence.Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}

DRA's first Chief Executive was Nigel Hughes, followed by John Chisholm who took over in August 1991.Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}

In April 1995, the DRA was combined with five other MOD establishments to form the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), DRA's John Chisholm becoming Chief Executive of the enlarged DERA (split in July 2001 into DSTL and QinetiQ).Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021^{[citation needed]}

References

Bibliography

• Eds. Robert Bud and Philip Gummett (1999), Cold War Hot Science: Applied Research in Britain's Defence Laboratories 1945-1990, Harwood ISBN 90-5702-481-0
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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