The multi-million pound structure significantly reduces noise impact in the immediate vicinity of Cambridge Airport where most of Marshall’s specialist applied engineering work is undertaken on aircraft from across the globe.
Marshall CEO, Alistair McPhee, said: “It’s a very exciting development for us. This facility gives us great flexibility in terms of the breadth of aircraft it can accommodate, while at the same time ensuring we are living up to our commitment to reduce any potential noise pollution for our neighbours.”
The new enclosure is 90m wide and 20m high and enables conditioning of the airflow to the propellers and jet engine intakes.
Construction began in May 2018 by Blast Deflectors, leaders in solutions for reducing aircraft noise. The company says the facility will be fully up and running by the end of the month.
