Dimensions (cm) : 8.5 x 11.5 x 4 (L x W x H) #Parts : 65 1 A4 sheet The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) England, was a British research establishment latterly under the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The first site was at Farnborough Airfield ("RAE Farnborough") in Hampshire to which was added a second site RAE Bedford (Bedfordshire) in 1946. The Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment was incorporated into the RAE around the start of the Second World War, the marine side relocating from Felixstowe on the vulnerable East Anglian coast to Helensburgh in Scotland. In 1988 it was renamed the Royal Aerospace Establishment before merging with other research entities to become the new Defence Research Agency in 1991.