Claim: The C&E Department of Singapore Armed Forces Signals Formation was later upgraded to a specialist staff HQ and renamed HQ C&E in August 1970; then HQ C&E would later be redesignated as HQ Signals on March 1, 1982.
Evidence: The C&E Department was later upgraded to a specialist staff HQ and renamed HQ C&E in August 1970 to cope with the increasing demand for the provision of essential communications in the SAF. Singapore Armed Forces Signals Formation HQ C&E would later be redesignated as HQ Signals on 1 March 1982 and HQ Signals and Command Systems in 2006.