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The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (normally known as DERA) was a part of the UK Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
 (MoD) until July 2, 2001. At the time it was the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
's largest science and technology organisation. DERA was split into two organisations: a commercial
Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
 firm, QinetiQ
QinetiQ

QinetiQ is an international Defense contractor, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency Defence Evaluation and Research Agency when it was split up in June 2001 ....
, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Dstl

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence . It operates as a Trading Fund, owned by the Secretary of State for Defence, John Hutton....
 (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.






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The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (normally known as DERA) was a part of the UK Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
 (MoD) until July 2, 2001. At the time it was the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
's largest science and technology organisation. DERA was split into two organisations: a commercial
Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
 firm, QinetiQ
QinetiQ

QinetiQ is an international Defense contractor, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency Defence Evaluation and Research Agency when it was split up in June 2001 ....
, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Dstl

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence . It operates as a Trading Fund, owned by the Secretary of State for Defence, John Hutton....
 (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 include nuclear
Nuclear reaction

In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is the process in which two atomic nucleus or subatomic particles collide to produce products different from the initial particles....
, chemical, and biological
Biological warfare

Biological warfare , also known as germ warfare, is the use of pathogens as biological weapons . Using nonliving toxic products, even if produced by living organisms , is considered chemical warfare under the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention....
 research
Research

Research is defined as human activity based on intellectual application in the investigation of matter. The primary purpose for applied research is discovery , interpretation , and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe....
. 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 aimed at changing many aspects of its operations.

DERA was formed in April 1995 as an amalgamation of the following organisations:
  • Defence Research Agency
    Defence Research Agency

    The Defence Research Agency , was an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time the DRA was United Kingdom's largest science and technology organisation....
     (DRA) which was set up in April 1991 and comprised the Royal Aircraft Establishment
    Royal Aircraft Establishment

    The Royal Aircraft Establishment England, was a British research establishment latterly under the Ministry of Defence .The first site was at Farnborough Airfield in Hampshire to which was added a second site RAE Bedford in 1946....
     (RAE); Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE); Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE); and, Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
    Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

    The Royal Signals and Radar Establishment was a scientific research establishment within the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom, located primarily at Malvern, Worcestershire in Worcestershire....
     (RSRE)
  • Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation (DTEO)
  • Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment (CBDE at Porton Down
    Porton Down

    Porton Down is an UK government and military science park. It is situated slightly northeast of Porton near Salisbury, England in Wiltshire, England....
    ), which became part of the Protection and Life Sciences Division (PLSD)
  • Centre for Defence Analysis (CDA).


The chief executive throughout DERA's existence was John Chisholm
John Chisholm

Sir John Chisholm, FREng is the Executive Chairman and former Chief Executive of QinetiQ and chairman of the Medical Research Council .He attended University of Cambridge on a scholarship from General Motors Corporation....
. DERA's staffing level was around 9000 scientists, technologists and support staff.

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