Royal Aircraft Establishment

The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough Airfield was a UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) research establishment.

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Farnborough Airfield - UK Ministry of Defence

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It was created in 1908 and has undergone a number of name changes over the years:

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• 1908 - founded as HM Balloon Factory
• 1911 - renamed the Royal Aircraft Factory (RAF)
• 1918 - renamed the Royal Aircraft Establishment to avoid confusion with the Royal Air Force, which was formed on April 1, 1918.
• 1991 - April 1 - merged into the Defence Research Agency (DRA), the MOD's new research organisation.
• 1995 - April 1 - the DRA and other MOD organisations merged to form the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).
• 2001 - the Agency was part-privatised by the MOD, resulting in two separate organisations, the state-owned Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), and the privatised QinetiQ Public-Private Partnership.
 
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