Telecommunications Research Establishment

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British government agency military research organization radar research establishment

The Telecommunications Research Establishment was a British wartime radar and electronics research organization that played a key role in advancing radar technology and air defense systems during World War II.

Aliases (4)

Air Ministry Research Establishment ×2
Radar Research Establishment ×1
Radar Research and Development Establishment ×1
Radio Research Station, Slough ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government agency → military research organization → radar research establishment →
activeDuring	World War II →
contributedTo	Allied strategic bombing navigation and targeting → British night-fighter interception capability → Chain Home radar system development →
country	United Kingdom →
endTime	1953 →
fieldOfWork	air defence systems → electronics → radar → radio navigation →
formerlyKnownAs	Air Ministry Research Establishment → Bawdsey Research Station → Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment →
headquartersLocation	Malvern College site →
locatedIn	England → Great Malvern → Worcestershire →
movedTo	Malvern → Worth Matravers →
notablePerson	Alan Hodgkin → Martin Ryle → Sir Bernard Lovell → Sir Robert Watson-Watt →
notableWork	Gee navigation system → H2S radar → Oboe navigation system → Window radar countermeasures → ground-controlled interception radar techniques →
operatedBy	Air Ministry → Ministry of Aircraft Production →
partOf	British air defence research effort →
predecessor	Air Ministry Research Establishment → Bawdsey Research Station → Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment →
researchFocus	centimetric radar → microwave radar → radar countermeasures → radio-frequency engineering →
significantEvent	evacuation from Bawdsey at outbreak of World War II → relocation to Malvern in 1942 → relocation to Worth Matravers in 1940 →
startTime	1940 →
successor	Radar Research Establishment → Royal Radar Establishment →
timePeriod	Second World War →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gee → Gee navigation system → H2S radar →	developer
Arnold Wilkins → Arnold Wilkins ("Radio Research Station, Slough") →	employer
Malvern ("Radar Research and Development Establishment") → Malvern →	hostedInstitution
Chain Home →	developedBy
Telecommunications Research Establishment ("Air Ministry Research Establishment") →	formerlyKnownAs
Telecommunications Research Establishment ("Air Ministry Research Establishment") →	predecessor
Telecommunications Research Establishment ("Radar Research Establishment") →	successor