Royal Aircraft Establishment
Other Business Names:
- HM Balloon Factory
- Royal Aircraft Factory
- Royal Aerospace Establishment
- Marine Aircraft Experimental Station
- Defence & Research Agency
- QinetiQ
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Farnborough, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Aerostat production inc balloons & airships
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Transport equipment production
Airframe production & repair
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Government & government agency business related services
Government business related research & development activities
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Professional services
Research & development services
Notes:
Traced origins to c1908 and establishment of HM Balloon Factory. 1911 renamed Royal Aircraft Factory, in 1918 Royal Aircraft Establishment and in 1988 Royal Aerospace Establishment. Acquired c1939 Marine Aircraft Experimental Station. Initially designed aircraft and built some. Later focused on research into aircraft/aircraft engine, etc, especially military. Merged into Defence & Research Agency 1991 and ultimately part formed into QinetiQ and privatised.
Publications:
- Buildings of the Royal Aircraft Establishment by Asteraki, John D, & John Bagley
- Early aviation at Farnborough. The history of the Royal Aircraft Establishment by Walker, Percy B
- Farnborough. 100 years of British aviation by Cooper, Peter J
- Farnborough. The story of RAE by Turnill, Reginald, & Arthur Reed
- Farnborough's Jets. An account of early jet engine research at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough and at Pyestock by Dennis, Richard
- Fifty Years at Farnborough by Unknown
- Forever Farnborough. Flying the limits, 1904-1996 by Cooper, Peter J
- Historical Summary of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1918-1948 by Child, S, & C F Caunter
- Historical Summary of the Royal Aircraft Factory and its Antecedents, 1878-1918 by Child, S, & C F Caunter
- History of the Second World War. Design and development of weapons. Studies in government and industrial organisation by Postan, M M, D Hay & J D Scott
- Laboratory in the Air. An account of the Royal Aircraft Establishment of the Ministry of Supply, Farnborough by Pudney, John S
- Metropolitan Vickers, the Gas Turbine and the State. A socio technical history, 1935-1960 by Whitfield, Jakob
- 'Royal Aircraft Establishment' in J Cockcroft (ed), The Organization of Research Establishments by Lighthill, M J
- Royal Aircraft Factory by Hare, Paul R
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- HM Balloon Factory
- Royal Aircraft Factory
- Royal Aerospace Establishment
- Marine Aircraft Experimental Station
- Defence & Research Agency
- QinetiQ
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Farnborough, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Aerostat production inc balloons & airships
- Transport equipment production Airframe production & repair
- Government & government agency business related services Government business related research & development activities
- Professional services Research & development services
Notes:
Traced origins to c1908 and establishment of HM Balloon Factory. 1911 renamed Royal Aircraft Factory, in 1918 Royal Aircraft Establishment and in 1988 Royal Aerospace Establishment. Acquired c1939 Marine Aircraft Experimental Station. Initially designed aircraft and built some. Later focused on research into aircraft/aircraft engine, etc, especially military. Merged into Defence & Research Agency 1991 and ultimately part formed into QinetiQ and privatised.Publications:
- Buildings of the Royal Aircraft Establishment by Asteraki, John D, & John Bagley
- Early aviation at Farnborough. The history of the Royal Aircraft Establishment by Walker, Percy B
- Farnborough. 100 years of British aviation by Cooper, Peter J
- Farnborough. The story of RAE by Turnill, Reginald, & Arthur Reed
- Farnborough's Jets. An account of early jet engine research at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough and at Pyestock by Dennis, Richard
- Fifty Years at Farnborough by Unknown
- Forever Farnborough. Flying the limits, 1904-1996 by Cooper, Peter J
- Historical Summary of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1918-1948 by Child, S, & C F Caunter
- Historical Summary of the Royal Aircraft Factory and its Antecedents, 1878-1918 by Child, S, & C F Caunter
- History of the Second World War. Design and development of weapons. Studies in government and industrial organisation by Postan, M M, D Hay & J D Scott
- Laboratory in the Air. An account of the Royal Aircraft Establishment of the Ministry of Supply, Farnborough by Pudney, John S
- Metropolitan Vickers, the Gas Turbine and the State. A socio technical history, 1935-1960 by Whitfield, Jakob
- 'Royal Aircraft Establishment' in J Cockcroft (ed), The Organization of Research Establishments by Lighthill, M J
- Royal Aircraft Factory by Hare, Paul R