The Defense Research Agency, abbreviated as the DRA or as COGDRA, was a weapons designer and development organization in the Coalition of Ordered Governments. After Operation: Leveler and the Battle of Aspho Fields, the Defense Research Agency worked on the replication, design, and development and production of the Hammer of Dawn orbital-based satellite network. Other notable projects that produced essential COG military technology included the Lightmass Bomb and the Sonic Resonator. A division of the Defense Research Agency was the Orbital Technology Division, which was a sub-division that specifically researched and developed orbital technology. The headquarters for the DRA was located in Jacinto.