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Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

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Former executive agency in the UK

Defence Evaluation Research Agency
Agency overview
FormedApril 1995
Preceding agencies
Dissolved2001
Superseding agency
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersFarnborough, Hampshire, UK
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Defence

TheDefence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) was a part of theUK Ministry of Defence (MoD) between 1995 and 2 July 2001. At the time it was the United Kingdom's largest science and technology organisation. It was regarded by its official history as 'a jewel in the crown' of both government and industry.[1]

Formation and operation

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DERA was formed in April 1995 as an amalgamation of:

The chief executive throughout DERA's existence wasJohn Chisholm. DERA's staffing level was around 9,000 scientists, technologists and support staff.

Dissolution

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DERA was split into two organisations, based on short-lived transition bodies known as PDERA ("privatised" DERA) - becoming acommercial firm,QinetiQ - and "RDERA" ( "retained" in Government DERA) - becoming theDefence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

At the split, QinetiQ was formed from the majority (about 3/4 of the staff and most of the facilities) of DERA, with Dstl assuming responsibility for those aspects which were best done in government. A few examples of the work undertaken by Dstl includenuclear,chemical, andbiologicalresearch. In the time since the split both organisations have undergone significant change programmes. QinetiQ has increased its focus on overseas research with a number of US and other foreign acquisitions, whereas Dstl has a major rationalisation programme.

References

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  1. ^Eds. Robert Bud andPhilip Gummett,Cold War Hot Science: Applied Research in Britain's Defence Laboratories 1945-1990, Harwood, 1999ISBN 90-5702-481-0

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