 The decision was reached to acquire preliminary experience of flight under transonic conditions using rocket-driven pilotless scale models.The Ministry of Supply (MOS) formed the Guided Projectile Establishment under W. P. Cooke at Westcott,
Buckinghamshire, and the Rocket Propulsion Group under A. D. Baxter at RAE, Farnborough.Work commenced in applying German technology, with the Halstead Experimental Centre of the MOS monitoring commercial exploitation.