DSTA was formed as a statutory board on 15 March 2000 by combining the Defence Technology Group from MINDEF with two other organisations, the Systems and Computer Organisation (SCO) and the Defence Medical Research Institute (DMRI) from the Defence Administration Group.1
"Welcome Speech by Mr Peter Ho, Chairman, DSTA, at the DSTA Inauguration Ceremony". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180857/https://www.dsta.gov.sg/news-events/speeches/speeches---2000/dsta-inauguration-ceremony ↩