Mobile Ground Command Trailer

Following years of development, in mid-2007 Boeing Phantom Works flew its advanced X-48B research aircraft for the first time at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre in California. News of the start of flight testing of this innovative aircraft, which was built to test the low-speed flying characteristics of the blended wing body concept, reached us in August 2007.

Cranfield Aerospace, who needed a robust unit capabable of housing sensitive ground control equipment, commissioned Marco to design and build the unique, mobile Ground Command Station for the research program.

Commented Stuart Marsom, Sales Director of Marco: "We're accustomed to making standard trailers and bespoke units to meet all kinds of requirements. This work for Cranfield was certainly a bit different, however, and our design had to undergo stringent tests. We're naturally delighted to have played our part in the successful launch".