Defence Research Agency

Defence Research Agency
Agency overview
Formed	1 April 1991
Preceding agencies	Admiralty Research Establishment; Royal Aircraft Establishment; Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment; Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment; Royal Signals and Radar Establishment;
Dissolved	April 1995
Superseding agency	Defence Evaluation and Research Agency;
Headquarters	Farnborough, Hampshire
Parent agency	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Defence Research Agency (DRA) was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time, the DRA was Britain's largest science and technology organisation. In April 1995, the DRA was combined with five other MOD establishments to form the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.

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