Engineered once, deployable many times.
A mobile drone station trailer is a road-deployable unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations base configured with the ground control station, maintenance bay, mission planning workspace, and launch/recovery infrastructure required for sustained UAS operations. structmod mobile drone station trailers serve tactical military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) units operating Class I-II UAS, border security forces running mobile surveillance, commercial drone services performing inspections or mapping at multiple sites, and emergency response teams using UAS for situational awareness during disaster response.
Standard configurations include the ground control station (GCS) with operator workstations, mission planning displays, video downlink processing, command-and-control radio infrastructure; maintenance bay with workshop infrastructure for the operating UAS family, parts storage, and battery charging or fuel storage; mission planning room for pre-flight briefings, route planning, and post-flight intelligence exploitation; aircrew rest area for sustained operations; secure data processing space for downlinked intelligence products. Launch and recovery infrastructure varies by UAS type — runway access for fixed-wing, vertical takeoff zone for rotary-wing or VTOL, catapult mounting for catapult-launched systems. The trailer-based configuration enables UAS operations at sites without permanent UAS infrastructure.
structmod mobile drone station trailers serve defence ISR units operating Class I (small UAS) through Class II (medium UAS) systems with mobile operational tempo, border security forces running long-endurance surveillance from temporary forward positions, commercial drone services (mapping, inspection, agriculture) operating at multiple client sites per week, emergency response teams using UAS for disaster site assessment, and academic/research institutions running field UAS research programmes. Lead time is 10-14 weeks from contract signature for stock configurations, 12-16 weeks for security-classified configurations. NATO CAGE registered for defence procurement; commercial-grade configurations available for civil aviation use cases.
Typical deployment sequence
- Hour 0 — trailer arrives on tow vehicle, positioned and chocked
- Hour 0–1 — stabilizer jacks deployed, leveling verified
- Hour 1–2 — hydraulic walls or slide-outs extended where fitted
- Hour 2–3 — utility connections (power, water, wastewater)
- Hour 3–4 — functional test per FAT protocol
- Hour 4 — operational handover with user training
Spec sheet — STR-2828
| Overall length | 14.8 m · 48.6 ft |
|---|---|
| Width (transport) | 2.99 m |
| Width (deployed) | 2.99 m |
| Height (transport) | 2.90 m |
| Floor area (deployed) | 44.3 m² |
| Dry weight | 11.8 t |
| Chassis | EN 10025 S355JR hot-rolled steel · EN 1090 EXC-2 |
| Welding quality | EN ISO 3834-3 |
| Envelope | Sandwich panel, PIR core 80 mm · λ ≈ 0.023 W/(m·K) |
| Fire resistance | EI-30 · tested to EN 13501-2 |
| Floor | Marine plywood on EPDM · R-10 slip rating |
| Electrical | 120/240 V · 60 Hz (US-spec) · IEC 60364 compliant |
| HVAC | Packaged rooftop · MERV-13 |
| Operating range | −25 °C to +50 °C ambient |
| Wind rating | Designed for 150 km/h basic wind (EN 1991-1-4) |
| Transport | ISO 668 footprint · CSC plate eligible (container variants) |
| Setup time | 5 hours · 2-person crew |
Full drawings, calculation notes, DoP, O&M manual and FAT report included with every unit. Specs indicative — configurable to project requirements.