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[?].
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