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Ministry of Aviation: Guided Weapons Division: Reports
Catalogue reference: AVIA 83
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AVIA 83
This series contains reports of the Guided Weapons Division.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AVIA 83
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation: Guided Weapons Division: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1955-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains reports of the Guided Weapons Division.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 Ministry of Defence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Following the Second World War, government responsibility for the development of guided weapons and electronics was vested in the Ministry of Supply. An Electronics and Guided Weapons Division was established within this ministry and a Controller of Guided Weapons and Electronics was appointed to oversee all aspects of UK research and production.
In 1959 the Ministry of Supply absorbed the civil aviation responsibilities of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, and became the Ministry of Aviation. During the 1960s, the Guided Weapons and Electronics Division continued its work as part of this new ministry. In addition to the development, production and testing of guided weapons and electronics for use by the armed forces, the division was also active in the fields of telecommunications, civil aviation electronic systems and space research.
The Guided Weapons and Electronics Division was transferred to the Ministry of Technology in 1967. In 1970 the division came briefly within the short-lived Ministry of Aviation Supply, prior to the establishment of the Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive in 1971.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2663/
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