Ground Support Equipment (GSE) · clarifiers
GSE spans a wide fleet — ground power, tugs and pushbacks, belt and container loaders, de-icers, passenger steps, hi-lifts and sweepers — so before any supplier can quote, the type of equipment and its single defining spec have to be pinned. The decision that derails most GSE RFQs is the same one the Leeds Aerospace GPU cable RFQ turned on: not the unit's own rating, but the aircraft- or unit-side interface it must physically terminate to. Tell us the equipment type, the spec that sizes the quote, and what it has to connect to or replace, and a supplier can price it without a back-and-forth.
Which class of GSE is this? GSE is not one product — a 400 Hz ground power unit, an aircraft tug, a belt loader and a de-icer share almost no spec dimensions. Naming the class first is what makes every following question (and the supplier shortlist) the right one rather than a generic form.
Select… Ground power — 400 Hz AC GPU Ground power — 28 VDC GPU / start unit Pre-conditioned air (PCA) unit Aircraft tug / pushback tractor Belt loader Container / pallet loader (hi-lift) Passenger boarding steps De-icing rig Catering / lavatory / water truck Other GSE — specify in notes Drive type and emissions standard required? GCC fleets are mid-transition from diesel to electric on Scope-1 decarbonisation targets, and apron tenders increasingly mandate an emissions tier. Diesel, hybrid and full-electric variants of the same unit differ in price, charging-infrastructure dependency and lead time, and a Stage V / Tier 4f requirement rules some OEMs out entirely — so suppliers must know this before they quote.
Select… Diesel — emissions tier not specified Diesel — EU Stage V / EPA Tier 4f required Hybrid (diesel + electric) Full electric — plug-in charging available on apron Full electric — charging infrastructure not yet in place Towed / non-powered Not sure yet Fixed/pit-mounted, or mobile/towable? For ground power, PCA and steps this is a fork that changes the whole bill of materials: a pit- or bridge-mounted unit carries civil and cable-management scope a towable trailer unit does not, and the two rarely come from the same product line. It also drives the cable-length and reach spec that has to reach the aircraft servicing point at your stand.
Select… Fixed — pit / point-of-use under the stand Fixed — mounted under the passenger boarding bridge Mobile — self-propelled Mobile — towable Mix across stands Not decided yet Optional — these help the supplier quote accurately first time (condition, certification and delivery especially).
