Munitions Factory built within rural environs of Adelaide. 1946 – Munitions Supply Laboratories (MSL) established at Finsbury, South Australia (later known as Woodville North when the suburb name was changed) as a branch of MSL at Maribyrnong. 1946 – Anglo-Australian Joint Project established at Woomera, with aviation support at RAAF Base Mallala. 1947 – Long Range Weapons Establishment (LRWE) formed in Salisbury, South Australia to support the guided weapons facility at Woomera. 1948 – Munitions Supply Laboratories changes its name to Defence Research Laboratories. 1949 – Fishermans Bend laboratory transferred from CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) to the Department of Supply & Development; renamed Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL). Australian Defence Scientific Service established, incorporating LRWE and the Defence Research Laboratories. 1949 – Laboratory established in Alexandria, NSW as part of Defence Research Laboratories to undertake research in physical metallurgy and metallurgical chemistry areas. 1949 – Three new laboratories formed in Salisbury – High Speed Aerodynamics Laboratory, Propulsion Research Laboratory and the Electronics Research Laboratory, collectively known as the Chemistry & Physics Research Laboratory. 1953 – Defence Research Laboratories changes its name to Defence Standards Laboratories. 1955 – LRWE and all the Salisbury laboratories amalgamated to form the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE). RAAF Base Edinburgh established near Salisbury, superseding Mallala. 1956 – The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Experimental Laboratory established. 1957 – Black Box flight recorder invented by Dr David Warren – originally named the ARL Flight Memory Unit. Its descendants are now installed in large airline aircraft and most military aircraft. 1958 – The Army Food Research Laboratories were formally established at Scottsdale, Tasmania under the Quartermaster General Branch, Army Headquarters. The Laboratories' role included research and development of foods for the three Services. Laboratories renamed Defence Food Research Establishment-Vegetable Dehydration Division in 1958. 1960 – The Defence Food Research Establishment-Vegetable Dehydration Division renamed The Army Food Science Establishment. 1961 – The Army Food Science Establishment renamed The Army Food Research Station. 1962 – Joint Tropical Research Unit (JTRU) established in Innisfail, Queensland and operated jointly with the British Ministry of Defence. 1967 – Built and launched WRESAT, Australia's first artificial satellite. 1969 – RAN Experimental Laboratory changes name to RAN Research Laboratory (RANRL). 1971 – The Army Food Science Establishment renamed the Armed Forces Food Science Establishment. 1972 – ARL transferred to the Department of Manufacturing Industry. 1974 – As a result of Defence restructuring, the Defence