Background to Dstl
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
- DRA formed in 1991
- Royal Aerospace Establishment (RAE)
- Royal Armaments Research & Development Establishment (RARDE)
- Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE)
- Royal Signals & Radar Establishment (RSRE)
- DERA formed in 1995
- DRA + Test & Evaluation Establishments; e.g., A&AEE Boscombe Down (~14000 Staff)
- Dstl established in 2001
- Formed out of R-DERA following the separation of DERA into R-/N-DERA
(N-DERA component; i.e., NewDERA launched as “QinetiQ” w.e.f. 02 Jul ‘01)
- DERA Shadow Trading (Jan-Jun ‘01)
- Vesting Day 02 Jul ‘01 (~3000 Staff)
- An integral part of MoD
- Able to serve other UK Government Departments
- Will not undertake commercial business without UK MoD’s agreement
- Dstl re-organised (April 2002)