Royal Radar Establishment

The Royal Radar Establishment (RRE), formerly the Teleccommunications Research Establishent (TRE) moved to Malvern from Swanage and Christchurch in 1942 after it was decided it was too vulnerable to German commando raids. It split on June 2nd 2001 into two parts, a government body called DSTL - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and a company destined for privatisation, QinetiQ.

See also:

• Royal Signals And Radar Establishment (RSRE)
• Defence Research Agency (DRA)
• Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA)