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Ground support equipment (GSE) is becoming increasingly important because UAV systems are electronically sophisticated and mechanically complex systems. GSE for a long‐range UAV may include: test and maintenance equipment, a supply of spare parts and other expendables, a fuel supply and any refueling equipment required by a particular air vehicle, handling equipment to move air vehicles around on the ground, if they are not man‐portable or intended to roll around on landing gear, and generators to power all of the other support equipment.

If the UAS ground systems are to have mobility on the ground, rather than being a fixed ground station located in buildings, the GSE must include transportation for all of the things listed earlier, as well as transportation for spare air vehicles and for the personnel who make up the ground crew, including their living and working shelters and food, clothing, and other personal gear.

As can be seen, a completely self‐contained, mobile UAS can require a lot of support equipment and trucks of various types. This can be true even for an air vehicle that is designed to be lifted and carried by three or four men.