1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade


1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade of the British Army was created as part of the Army 2020 reforms. Falling under Force Troops Command. it became operational on 1 September 2014 and has responsibility for all British Army ISR capabilities including electronic warfare and signals intelligence; Weapon Locating Radar and other technical surveillance equipment; surveillance and target acquisition patrols; and unmanned aerial systems. It is intended to be able to deploy tailored ISR Groups to support deployments.

Composition

Under its headquarters at Upavon, the Brigade consists of 10 regular and seven reserve units: An unclassified document issued by then Force Troops Command in 2019 does not mention 21 and 23 SAS as part of the brigade.
UnitRoleRegular or ReserveLocationNote
14 Signal Regiment Ground-based electronic warfare and signals intelligenceRegularCawdor Barracks
5th Regiment Royal ArtilleryWeapon Locating Radar, medium and heavy ground-based ISTARRegularMarne Barracks
Honourable Artillery CompanySurveillance & Reconnaissance Patrols and light ground-based intelligenceReserveFinsbury Barracks
32 Regiment Royal ArtilleryIntegrated Unmanned Aerial Systems RegularLarkhillInitially slated to disband and personnel distributed to other parts of the British Army as part of Army 2020 Refine. On 8 October 2019, the regiment's commanding officer announced on Facebook the regiment will not disband as planned.
1 Military Intelligence BattalionMilitary IntelligenceRegularCatterick
2 Military Intelligence BattalionMaterial and Personnel ExploitationRegularUpavon
3 Military Intelligence BattalionMilitary IntelligenceReserveHackney
4 Military Intelligence BattalionMilitary IntelligenceRegularBulford
5 Military Intelligence BattalionMilitary IntelligenceReserveEdinburgh
6 Military Intelligence BattalionMilitary IntelligenceReserveManchester
7 Military Intelligence BattalionMilitary IntelligenceReserveBristol
Defence Cultural Specialist UnitSupport to Military Intelligence unitsRegularDenison Barracks
Weapons Material and Personnel Exploitation CapacitySupport to Military Intelligence unitsRegular
Land Intelligence Fusion CentreIntelligence reachbackRegularDenison Barracks
Specialist Group Military IntelligenceProfessional augmentation to intelligence capacitiesReserveDenison Barracks