Royal Aircraft Establishment [RAE]

This was the UK centre for military aircraft research which, in 1988, was named Royal Aerospace Establishment. In 1981 it merged into the Defence Research Agency (DRA) then again in 1985 to be part or the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). in 2001 it was split into the commercial QinetiQ element and the government Defence Science and Technology Labratory (DSTL).

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