MEL Equipment
{{Short description|Defunct british manufacturer of radio and avionics equipment}}
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MEL Equipment was a British manufacturer of radar, avionics and military radio equipment based in West Sussex.
History
File:Crawley, Manor Royal, Thales chimney - geograph.org.uk - 847149.jpg in Crawley, now owned by Thales]]
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|date=May 2023}}
In the 1970s, the company was employing around 2,250.[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1973/1973%20-%202525.PDF Flight International October 1973][https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1975/1975%20-%202072.PDF Flight International October 1975][https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1974/1974%20-%201334.PDF Flight International August 1974]
Products
- Larkspur radio equipment
- Clansman radio equipment
- EKCO E390/564 airborne weather radar (for Concorde)
- Microwave Airborne Digital Guidance Equipment
- Precision approach radar[https://books.google.com/books?id=yb45rwaVcMoC&pg=PA342 New Scientist May 1977 Page 342]
- 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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External links
- [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/M._E._L._Equipment_Co Grace's Guide]
- [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Radio_Transmission_Equipment Radio Transmission Equipment]
Category:Aircraft component manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Category:Electronics companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Companies based in Crawley
Category:Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Electronics companies established in 1935
Category:Science and technology in West Sussex