Defence Research Agency

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")^{[citation needed]}
• Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) – major site Farnborough, Hampshire ("Aerospace Division")^[2]
• Boscombe Down^{[citation needed}
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• RARDE) – major site Fort Halstead, Kent ("Military Division")^{[citation needed}
  ]
• Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) – major site Malvern, Worcestershire ("Electronics Division")^{[citation needed]}

DRA's headquarters was created at the RAE site at Farnborough, but the other major sites maintained a great deal of independence.^{[citation needed]}

DRA's first Chief Executive was Nigel Hughes, followed by

Bibliography

• Eds. Robert Bud and
  ISBN 90-5702-481-0
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF.
  ISBN 1-84037-086-6
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