Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment

Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment

Department overview
Formed	1959
Preceding Department	Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
Dissolved	1984
Superseding Department	Admiralty Research Establishment (ARE)
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	Fort Southwick Portsdown Hill, England
Parent Department	Admiralty 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]