Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

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government defence research organization research agency

The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) was a UK government defence research organization that provided scientific and technical support to the Ministry of Defence before being partially privatized and split into QinetiQ and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in 2001.

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Surface form Occurrences
Defence Research Agency 2
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government defence research organization ⓘ
research agency ⓘ
abbreviation DERA NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionCause partial privatization ⓘ
dissolved 2001 ⓘ
field defence research ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
science and technology for defence ⓘ
focus evaluation of defence systems ⓘ
research into military technologies ⓘ
support to UK armed forces ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Defence Research Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus UK government agency ⓘ
locationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
notableOutcome creation of Dstl ⓘ
creation of QinetiQ ⓘ
operatedBy UK Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy UK Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization UK Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyPrivatizedInto QinetiQ NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Admiralty Research Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Defence Research Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryClient UK Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
privatizationYear 2001 ⓘ
provided scientific support to the UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ
technical support to the UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ
retainedInPublicSectorAs Defence Science and Technology Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector defence ⓘ
splitInto Defence Science and Technology Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
QinetiQ NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Defence Science and Technology Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dstl NERFINISHED ⓘ
QinetiQ NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typeOfResearch applied research ⓘ
experimental development ⓘ

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Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment → successor → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment → dissolvedInto → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Research Agency
Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment → dissolvedInto → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
Ministry of Defence → oversees → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Royal Aircraft Establishment → successor → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Research Agency
Royal Aircraft Establishment → successor → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
United Kingdom defence industrial base → supportedBy → Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory