Merger
Weapons Research Establishment and other defence laboratories merge to form Defence Science and Technology Organisation (renamed DSTG in 2015)
- Predecessor
- Weapons Research Establishment
WRE (Woomera rocket range operator, formed 1955) united with other Australian defence-related research institutions in 1975 to form the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), renamed the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) on 2015-07-01.