Defence Research Agency launched (1)
01 January 1991
Defence Research Agency launched
artdoc June=1991
The Defence Research Agency (DRA) was launched on 1 April. It comprises the
four principal non-nuclear research establishments: Aerospace Division, DRA
(the Royal Aerospace Establishment); Military Division, DRA (the Royal
Armament Research and Development Establishment); Maritime Division, DRA
(the Admiralty Research Establishment); and the Electronics Division, DRA
(the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment). On 9 April the Chemical and
Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down was made a Defence Support
Agency.
Ministry of Defence, press releases 9/10.4.91.