MEL Equipment
MEL Equipment was a British manufacturer of radar, avionics and military radio equipment based in West Sussex.
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Former MEL Equipment site in Crawley
History
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Former site on Manor Royal in Crawley, now owned by Thales
The company was formed as Radio Transmission Equipment in March 1935[1] in south London. Later it was fully acquired by Philips and renamed Mullard Equipment Ltd. It moved to Crawley in 1961.
In the 1970s, the company was employing around 2,250.[2][3][4]
Products
- Larkspur radio equipment
- Clansman radio equipment
- EKCO E390/564 airborne weather radar (for Concorde)
- Microwave Airborne Digital Guidance Equipment
- Precision approach radar[5]
- Radar transponders
Products currently made by the Thales site
- Cerberus Mission System for Royal Navy helicopters
- Searchwater radar
See also
References
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