MEL Equipment
MEL Equipment was a British manufacturer of radar, avionics and military radio equipment based in West Sussex.
History
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The company was formed as Radio Transmission Equipment in March 1935 in south London. Later it was fully acquired by Philips and renamed Mullard Equipment Ltd. It moved to Crawley in 1961.[citation needed]
In the 1970s, the company was employing around 2,250.[1][2][3]
Products
[edit]- Larkspur radio equipment
- Clansman radio equipment
- EKCO E390/564 airborne weather radar (for Concorde)
- Microwave Airborne Digital Guidance Equipment
- Precision approach radar[4]
- Radar transponders
Products currently made by the Thales site
[edit]- Cerberus Mission System for Royal Navy helicopters
- Searchwater radar
See also
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[edit]Categories:
- Aircraft component manufacturers of the United Kingdom
- Electronics companies of the United Kingdom
- Companies based in Crawley
- Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom
- Electronics companies established in 1935
- Radar manufacturers
- Science and technology in West Sussex
- Thales Group divisions and subsidiaries