Concepts for cargo ground handling of unmanned cargo aircrafts and their influence on the supply chain

P Meincke, L Asmer, L Geike… - 2018 8th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… between the airports by truck as a replacement for planes due … tug in order to more the
intended path closely follow. This kind of ADV [32] could reduce further processes in the traditional

[PDF][PDF] Planning and reconfigurable control of a fleet of unmanned vehicles for taxi operations in airport environment

G Sirigu - 2017 - researchgate.net
… Safran, in collaboration with Honeywell, and WheelTug separately developed similar
The use of electric tugs to tow aircraft between stands and runways has been proposed and …

[PDF][PDF] Semi-Autonomous Aircraft Towing Vehicles

R Morris, ML Chang, K McGuire, R Archer, EV Cross II… - researchgate.net
Traditionally, airports address the capacity problem through the … The attachment of a towbarless
pushback tug to an aircraft … line or some alternative detachment point, the tug detaches, …

Airport operations with electric-powered towing alternatives under stochastic conditions

S Ahmadi, A Akgunduz - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2023 - Elsevier
typical airplane consumes between 4% and 7% of its fuel for ground operations. The GGE
released by airports … a tow-tractor purchasing policy in order to help airport authorities to make …

Assessment of segmented standard taxi route procedure to integrate remotely piloted aircraft systems at civil airports using fast-time simulations

N Okuniek, M Finke, S Lorenz - 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th Digital …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
concept to enable ground movements of unmanned aircraft at … When ATC clears the tug to
tow the aircraft to their runway … with air traffic rules and airport use and to be similar to those of …

[PDF][PDF] Automated taxiing for unmanned aircraft systems

WH Eaton - 2017 - core.ac.uk
… and traditional aircraft tugs lies in the fact that the tugs are … of the tug whilst it is not attached
to an aircraft, enabling it to … is still a viable alternative for large airports, the infrastructure …

Hangar of the Future: Concept development using VR as an alternative prototyping tool

A Dalal - 2020 - repository.tudelft.nl
… robot for full ground and drone inspection, an Automated Guided … Among the hangars at
Schiphol Airport, KLM performs all its … when tug drivers have to come from Schiphol centrum.” …

Design of a human-in-the-loop aircraft taxi optimisation system using autonomous tow trucks

S Zaninotto, J Gauci, G Farrugia… - AIAA Aviation 2019 …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
… or unmanned electric tow trucks are used to tow aircraft from the … This paper proposes an
alternative system for aircraft taxi … HMI concept for airport taxi operations with autonomous tow

Analyzing human error in aircraft ground damage incidents

CA Wenner, CG Drury - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2000 - Elsevier
… , and on how to prevent similar errors from reoccurring. It is … which an unmanned parked
vehicle rolls into an aircraft, and … incidents, the pushback tug being used to tow the aircraft, or …

… glance at the prospects of distributed propulsion technology and the electric aircraft concept for future unmanned air vehicles and commercial/military aviation

AS Gohardani - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Tow’ investigated the feasibility of bombers like B-29 to tow … as with a conventional propulsion
system. One of the interesting … regarding electric UAVs and alternative technologies that …