The role of tactical and technical characteristics of vehicles in airfield technical support of flights

The article formulates directions and analyses the possibilities of substantiating and selecting the most optimal option for the development of the fleet of airfield technical support for flights of Ukrainian aircraft based on the experience of the leading countries of the world and determining the role of tactical and technical characteristics of vehicles in ensuring flights of aircraft under martial law. The provided recommendations allow to formulate measures to eliminate shortcomings in the system of airfield technical support of flights through the modernization, unification and development of tactical and technical characteristics of vehicles. The review and analysis of the state of the existing airfield technical support facilities showed that their quantitative composition, tactical and technical requirements and design requirements for each machine of this military equipment are significantly influenced by the trends and directions of development of the military aviation of Ukraine, which in modern conditions are: maximum maintenance in combat-ready condition of existing aircraft, which have their origin since Soviet times, their repair at domestic enterprises and insignificant. modernization of other electronic equipment of domestic development and the appearance of new weapons; preservation of survivability by the method of susceptibility of rapid dispersal at operational airfields, expansion of the network of main and reserve airfields; the appearance of aircraft of other foreign countries; the beginning of the entry into service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of unmanned aerial vehicles. An assessment of the directions of development of airfield technical support facilities has shown that the problematic task of these facilities in the current conditions of Ukraine is to preserve the life of both special equipment and vehicles on which it is mounted. The most promising direction of development is the construction (creation) of multimodular vehicles: an energy module (car, tractor) and a technological module (special equipment). But no definitive method has been found yet to build such a machine. The main obstacle to further prospects for the development of multimodular airfield technical support vehicles is the unresolved problem of reversing the trailer module to ensure trajectory stability and controllability during maneuvering