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The Royal Aircraft Establishment (aka RAE) in Farnborough, Hampshire was created in 1908 as the HM Balloon Factory. It was later renamed the Royal Aircraft Factory before becoming the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) in 1918 to avoid confusion with the Royal Air Force which came into being on 1 April, 1918.
The RAE became the Defence Research Agency (DRA) on April 1 1991, reflecting the organisation's wider remit, which then extended beyond just aircraft. An amalgamation of DRA and other MOD agencies resulted in the formation of DERA, the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, on April 1 1995. In 2001, the Agency was part-privatised by the MOD, resulting in two separate organisations, DSTL (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory), and QinetiQ. DSTL is the public-owned part of the DERA PPP, and Qinetiq is the privatised part.
Many aircraft have been developed or tested at the RAE including the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and Concorde.
RoyalAircraftEstablishment war ein britisches Luftfahrt-Unternehmen, im Jahre 1995 aufgegangen in durch das britische Verteidigungsministerium neu gegründete Organisationen.
Nach der erneuten Umbenennung in "RoyalAircraft Factory" ab 1912 widmete sich das Team rund um den Konstrukteur Harry P. Folland verstärkt dem Bau von Flugzeugen und entwickelte Muster, die in der Zeit des 1.
April 1918 den Namen "Royal Air Force" und damit auch die Abkürzung RAF erhielt, wurde das Unternehmen erneut umbenannt, um eine Verwechslung zu vermeiden; man nannte sich nun "RoyalAircraftEstablishment (RAe)".
From the first experiments with aircraft as observation platforms directing artillery fire, through the invention of aerial bombardment and the consequent need for air defence, to World War II’s strategic bombing offensive and eventually nuclear deterrence, air power has dictated the conduct of modern war.
The early aircraft on both sides were mainly two-seaters carrying the pilot and an observer to spot the fall of artillery shells.
However, despite up-to-date aircraft, the technology of bombsights and navigation was sadly lacking, and the night attacks tended to drop bombs over wide areas of Germany’s cities instead of precision targeting.
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