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Ministry of Defence, Defence Research Agency

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Alternative name(s):
  • DRA (Also known as)
  • Defence Research Agency (Also known as)
Date: 1991-1995
History: On 1 April 1991 the Defence Research Agency (DRA) was set up incorporating in one organisation the Royal Aerospace Establishment (RAE), the Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE), the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE), and the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE). The DRA was established as an executive Agency of the Ministry of Defence under the Government's Next Steps Initiative, responsible for research and development of non-nuclear science for the Ministry of Defence. On 1 April 1995, the DRA became a division of the newly created Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: CS Yrbk; PROCAT; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C286348
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
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1985-1999: Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and its immediate predecessors: Reports and Files 1991-2001
The National Archives, Kew
DEFE 75
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