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

=Products currently made by the Thales site=

See also

References

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