Major new laboratories and offices were opened in Leatherhead, Surrey in 1957 which have remained the principal location of the organisation ever since.
Development on the 15-acre campus site has continued to the present day with the addition of several large purpose-built facilities.
The trading operation, retaining the name ERA Technology, was run as a wholly commercial enterprise, responsible to its shareholders.
In September 2003, the company announced[1] the agreement to sell the entire issued share capital of ERA Technology to Cobham plc.
In March 2009, ERA Technology, Culham Lightning and Vector Fields assumed[2][3] the collective trading name Cobham Technical Services as part of a Group wide rebranding programme by FTSE 100 parent company Cobham plc.