Preceded by the Aeroplane and Armaments Experimental Establishment until May 1992. 
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| Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
| 1992/ | Boscombe Down | EGDM |
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| Years | Models | |
| AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3 | ||
| Bristol Sycamore 3 | ||
| Sikorsky S-61L | ||
| Westland Dragonfly HR.1 | ||
| Westland Lynx HAS2 | ||
| Westland Lynx HAS3 | ||
| Westland Sea King HC.4 | ||
| Westland Wasp | ||
| Westland Wessex HAS.1 | ||
| Westland Wessex HAS.3 | ||
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List of Aircraft for A&AEE
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |
| wa/h/008 | hr.1 | 1949 | VX595 : HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but also time sp+ |  VX595 : Spent time in storage variously at Fleetlands, Gosport and Portland, until+ | |
| 12896 | Sycamore 3 | WT939 : w/o 4 Jan 1958 at Boscombe Down while with A&AEE | - G-ALTB : ntu to RAF WT939 | ||
| wa 5 | has.1 | 1959 | XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe,+ | XM300 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA005, f/f: 30/04/1959; del Royal Navy as XM300+ | |
wa 10  | has.1 | 1959 | XM329 : A&AEE by Dec 1959, Westland by May 1960, Trials a/c with AUDE by Jan 1961 + | XM329 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA010, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XM329, 1960; to+ : 819Sq/533 by Aug 1965; 737Sq/533-PO by Apr 1967; AES Arbroath by Feb 1968;+ | |
 | wa 11 | has.1 | 1959 | XM330 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA011, f/f:?; del MoD as XM330, Dec59; (Dave Ta+ | - XM330 : to International Helicopter Museum, May 1994 : 12jul15 pictured at The International Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare+ |
wa 18  | has.1 | 1961 | XM837 : spent winter of 1960/61 in Churchill, Canada with A&AEE for icing / cold w+ | XM837 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA018, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XM837, 1961; co+ XM837 : Westland trials and evaluation airframe until very early in 1966, when it + XM837 : Now HAS.3, 814Sq/271-V by Oct 1967, 814Sq/271-H by May 1968, 820Sq/411-BL + : 2 Jul 1971 Aboard HMS Blake as 820 Sq / 411-BL, while in Portsmouth : 737 Sq Norfolk Flt/407-NF by Jan 1975, deployed from Norfolk onto RFA Olwe+ : 737 Sq Norfolk Flt/407-NF, flying at Navy Days, 26 and 27 Aug 1978 : 737Sq/400-GL noted at Culdrose, 11 Mar 1982 : As HAS.3 737 Sq/400-GL on HMS Glamorgan, when destroyed by land-based Exoc+ | |
| wa 33 | has.1 | 1961 | XM874 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1963 | XM874 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA033, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XM874, 28/07/19+ : 737 Sq/400-GL Glamorgan Flt by Jul 1967 still Nov 1967, 771Sq/519-PO by Ju+ | |
| f.9543 | Wasp | 1962 | XS527 : Built at Hayes, f/f at White Waltham Jan63 as G-17-3; d/d 1963 to MoD, A&A+ | XS527 : To RN Jan 1968. 829 Sq Rothesay Flt/462 by Aug 1968. Part of Operation She+ : ex-Rothesay Flt/462 to Wroughton by Jun 1971; 829 Sq Rhyl Flt/445 by Oct 1+ : Call Sign whilst on HMS Rhyl was 446; After ditching repl by XT415 : as 829 Sq Endurance Flt/434-ED, attacked and damaged ARA Santa Fe outside + : 829 Sq Lowestoft Flt/451 by Feb 1985, RNAY Wroughton by Nov 1985, pres. FA+ | |
| wa241 | has.3 | 1965 | XT257 : converted to HAS.3 prototype while on HAS.1 line, Westland and ff 9 May 19+ | XT257 : Westland Wessex HAS.3 pre-production, WA241, f/f 09/05/1967; del Royal Nav+ XT257 : 1 SoTT RAF Halton by Apr 1982, to 8719M at Halton by Aug 1983 still May 19+ - XT257 : pres. East Grinstead by Oct 1998, still 2003; to Bournemouth Aviation Muse+ | |
| f.9584 | Wasp | 1964 | XT414 : f/f 26 Sep 1964, d/d 13 Oct 1964 to A&AEE Boscombe Down and undertook vari+ | XT414 : d/d 13 Sep 1965 to RN at RNAY Fleetlands; 829 Sq Naiad Flt/470 by Oct 1965+ | |
| 61-393 | S-61L | 1966 | XV370 : Shipped to UK Oct 1966, with GE T-58-GE-10 engines, subsequently replaced + |  N306V : Sikorsky S-61L-2, c/n 61-393, ff:?; reg Sikorsky as N306V, 10May68. G-ATYU : converted to S-61D-1 & sold to Westland; reg G-ATYU Aug66-Oct66; to MoD as+ G-ATYU : Built as SH-3D. Shipped to Avonmouth (UK), reassembled and flown to Yeovil+ |
| 017 | has.2 | 1977 | XZ236 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by May 1980 and then until c Sep 1990, spent time betw+ | XZ236 : Westland Jun77 XZ236 : Nov78 as 702Sqn /SS-450 HAS.2 type at Yeovilton XZ236 : QinetiQ 2007, HMA.8 type | |
| 243 | has.3 | 1981 | ZD249 : MoD; 13+14jun92 A&AEE | ZD249 : 1st production HAS.3, held by Westland for type trials. Moved between Yeov+ ZD249 : to RNAY Fleetlands for conversion to HAS.3S, completed c Mar 1995. : RN; 2003 type:HAS.3S 702Sqn./637 : 702 Sq by Jul 1995, 702 Sq /636 by Jan 2006; Accident on take off from FGS+ : Middle Wallop by Apr 2013. ZD249 : Held for scrap, Sproughton by Jun 2015 - ZD249 : Is a prop at a paintball site outside Edinburgh by Feb17 | |
| wa 960 | hc.4 | 1986 | ZF115 : MoD; 1990 A&AEE; 1992 A&AEE : 13+14jun92 A&AEE Air Tournament International | ZF115 : Sea King HC.4X A&AEE; 26jul93 pictured (pic1) at RNAS Portland ZF115 : 02apr09 return to service; jul09 848Sqn./R winter camouflage : 2009 pictured (pic2) as /R in 40th anniversary marks and Arctic colours at+ : 02mar17 pictured (pic3) still complete and in Artic stripes and annivers+ |
| 50049 | hc.3 | 1999 | ZJ118 : First visit to RAF Benson by Merlin HC.3, flown by A&AEE Boscombe Down | ZJ118 : RAF 50049/RAF02 f/f 14jun99 at Yeovil : 2007 28 Sqn /B ZJ118 : Nov15 HC.3i type asg 846Sqn : 02jul16 pictured as 846 NAS/B at RNAS Yeovilton during Air Day 2016 |