Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

Defence Evaluation Research Agency
Agency overview
Formed	April 1995
Preceding agencies	Defence Research Agency; Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment; Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation; Centre for Defence Analysis;
Dissolved	2001
Superseding agency	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory;
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Agency executive	Sir John Chisholm, Chief Executive;
Parent agency	Ministry of Defence

The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) was a part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) between 1995 and 2 July 2001. At the time it was the United Kingdom's largest science and technology organisation. It was regarded by its official history as 'a jewel in the crown' of both government and industry.^[1]

^ Eds. Robert Bud and Philip Gummett, Cold War Hot Science: Applied Research in Britain's Defence Laboratories 1945-1990, Harwood, 1999 ISBN 90-5702-481-0

[Cold_War_Hot_Science-1] Eds. Robert Bud and Philip Gummett, Cold War Hot Science: Applied Research in Britain's Defence Laboratories 1945-1990, Harwood, 1999 ISBN 90-5702-481-0

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