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Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment
United Kingdom
Department overview
Formed1959
Preceding Department
  • Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment
    Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
Dissolved1984
Superseding agency
  • Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE)
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersFort Southwick
Portsdown Hill, England
Parent DepartmentAdmiralty
Ministry of Defence, Navy Department

The Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment (ASWE) and later known as the Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE) was a department of the British Admiralty and later Navy Department (Ministry of Defence) responsible for research and development, into the design and testing of devices, equipment, and techniques in-regard to naval communications, electronic counter-measures, radar missile control and other related fields it was based at Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, England[1] from 1959 to 1984.[2]

  1. ^ "Former radar site is finally demolished". The Portsmouth News. Johnston Publishing. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment and predecessors: Records". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, U.K, 1918-1983, ADM 220. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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