Wallops Island Flight Facility

The need was to cost-effectively provide a 50′ (15.2m) high wall structure that could provide severe weather protection shelter to support the Wallop facility’s MLAS (Max Launch Abort System) program.

Rubb’s solution was a movable BVE range structure. The building measures 50′ (15.2m) wide by 50′ (15.2m) in length with a custom engineered vertically folding fabric door system which provides a 35′ (10.7m) wide by 45′ (13.7m) high opening.

Of high importance was the need to be able to move the 25 ton structure (using Hillman Rollers) safely away from the launch pad to a mission ready position 200’ (61m) away in the required time (less than 30 minutes).