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678: 177:(REME) in 1972, which became the Vehicles and Weapons Branch in 1982, the Army Technical Support Agency (ATSA) in 1995, and finally the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) Chertsey from 2000 until 2005. The DLO and its predecessors were responsible for the support and testing of all British Army vehicles. 80:
in 1925, which in turn spawned the Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment (MWEE) in 1928. The MWEE was renamed the Mechanisation Experimental Establishment (MEE) in 1934 and in 1940 the MEE merged with elements of the Design Department at Woolwich to form the
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During the 1980s, vehicle testing was carried out by a sub-contracted company who provided drivers to test a range of military vehicles ascertaining a range of requirements from their ability to move over rough terrain through to their tipping point.
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when DERA was broken up in 2001 with the intention that Qinetiq would be privatised, which happened in 2006. Technologies such as electric armour were retained within the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
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amalgamated in 1970 to form the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (MVEE). In 1984-5 Chertsey became the Vehicles Department of the
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In 1946 the DTD merged with WVEE to form the Fighting Vehicle Design Department (FVDD) at Chertsey alongside the FVPE. The FVDD was renamed the
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In the wake of the ending of the Cold War, RARDE merged with other research establishments in April 1991 to form the
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Qinetiq sold the 315 acre Chertsey site to Crest Nicholson and Morley Fund Management (part of
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was created in 1915 to oversee the development of what would become known as
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The research staff at Chertsey were joined by the Vehicles Branch of the
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Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
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Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
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Military research establishments of the United Kingdom
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Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment
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in Surrey. It was responsible for many innovations in
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Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment
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Index

Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
Chertsey
armoured vehicle
Chobham armour
Landships Committee
tanks
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Farnborough
Department of Tank Design
RAF Chobham
Chobham Heath
Military Experimental Engineering Establishment
Christchurch
Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment
Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment
Waltham Abbey
Westcott
Fort Halstead
Defence Research Agency
executive agency
Ministry of Defence
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
Qinetiq
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CGNU
backlot
Longcross Studios

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