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The Air Defence Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) was a civilian research organization run by the War Ministry that primarily studied the development of radar for British Army use. It was formed in 1941 from the merger of the Air Defence Experimental Establishment in Christchurch, Dorset and the "Army Cell" that had previously worked on radar design within the Air Ministry's Telecommunications Research Establishment at Bawdsey Manor.

The ADRDE existed under this name for only a short time; in May 1942 it moved to Malvern and was renamed the Radar Research and Development Establishment (RRDE). In March 1943, the Signals Research and Development Establishment took over the ADRDE buildings, eventually joining them in Malvern in 1976.

While still known as ADRDE, the group was responsible for the ad hoc development of the SLC radar, as well as GL Mk. II radar and the start of the GL Mk. III radar efforts.

References

  • "Air Defence Research and Development Establishment". The National Archives.
  • Howse, Derek (1993). Radar at Sea: The Royal Navy in World War 2. Springer. p. 33.
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