MEL Equipment
MEL Equipment was a British manufacturer of radar, avionics and military radio equipment based in West Sussex.
Former MEL Equipment site in Crawley
History
Former site on Manor Royal 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.
In the 1970s, the company was employing around 2,250.[1][2][3]
Products
- 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
- Cerberus Mission System for Royal Navy helicopters
- Searchwater radar
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