At head of title: Airport Cooperative Research Program.

Airport ground support equipment (GSE) is used to service airplanes between flights. Services include refueling, towing airplanes or luggage/freight carts, loading luggage/freight, transporting passengers, loading potable water, removing sewage, loading food, de-icing airplanes, and fire-fighting. Deploying new GSE technologies is a promising opportunity in part because the purchasers are generally large, technologically sophisticated airlines, contractors, or airports with centralized procurement and maintenance departments. Airlines could particularly benefit from fuel diversification since they are highly exposed to petroleum price volatility. GSE can be particularly well-suited for electrification because it benefits from low-end torque and has frequent idle time and short required ranges.

Advances in GSE and aircraft development potential Aviation Ground Support Equipment is a collection of papers detailing the latest developments in the field. Presented by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, these papers represent the forefront of design and development from some of the world's most prominent area researchers and industry-leading engineers. Covering both the military and commercial aspects of ground support equipment, the work within demonstrates a collective commitment to furthering all aircraft development potential, providing insight into current work and informing future research directions.

This Aerospace Information Report (AIR) covers, and is restricted to, selecting appropriate applications for electric powered ground support equipment (GSE) at airports.