Set up to be a parent to Joint Services organisations and various executive agencies (typically but not exclusively, military) of the Ministry of Defence.
This catch-all includes previous organisations known as the War Department, Ministry of Aircraft Production and Ministry of Supply.
This catch-all includes previous organisations known as the War Department, Ministry of Aircraft Production and Ministry of Supply.
Units within this Organisation |
| Unit | From | To | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Military Forces | |||||
| Defence Helicopter Flying School - DHFS | DHFS | 1997 | |||
 Government | |||||
| Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment | AFEE | 1942 | 1950 | ||
| Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation - NARO | NARO | 1965 | 1999 | ||
| Aircraft & Armament Evaluation Establishment - A&AEE | A&AEE | 1992 | |||
| Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment - A&AEE | 1924 | 1992 | |||
| Defence Aviation Repair Agency - DARA | 1999 | 2008 | |||
| Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering - DCAE | DCAE | 2004 | |||
| Defence Evaluation and Research Agency - DERA | 1995 | 2001 | |||
| Defence Research Agency - DRA | DRA | 1991 | 1995 | ||
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | DSTL | 2001 | |||
| Empire Test Pilots School - ETPS | ETPS | 1943 | |||
| Joint Warfare Establishment | JWE | 1963 | 1979 | ||
| Proof and Experimental Establishment | P&EE | ||||
| Royal Aerospace Establishment - RAE | 1988 | 1991 | |||
| Royal Aircraft Establishment - RAE | RAE | 1918 | 1988 | ||
| Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment | RARDE | 1962 | 1991 | ||
| Royal Radar Establishment | RRE | 1953 | 1976 | ||
| Royal Signals and Radar Establishment | RSRE | 1976 | 1991 | ||
| Testing & Evaluation Establishment | T&EE | 1992 | 1995 | ||
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Model Types