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AeroVect and GAT Partner to
Deploy Autonomous Driving
across US Airports
AeroVect and GAT Airline Ground
Support announced a strategic longterm
partnership to pilot and deploy
self-driving ground support equipment
(GSE). Over the next few years, the two
companies aim to deploy as many as
50 vehicles equipped with AeroVect's
self-driving technology at major US airports
served by GAT.
At the core of AeroVect's product
offering to airport ground support
providers and airlines is the AeroVect
Driver, a self-driving system that can
autonomously operate GSP-owned
ground support vehicles safely and reliably
across a variety of OEMs, starting
with baggage and cargo tractors.
" We are enthusiastic that GAT shares
our long-term, forward-thinking mindset
to deliver next-generation ground
support infrastructure across America
through technology. This key partnership
represents an important milestone
in the implementation of autonomous
vehicles at scale to make ground operations
more reliable and predictable, with
safety and on-time performance benefits
that also roll up to airlines, shippers,
and travelers alike, " said Raymond
Wang, co-founder and CEO of AeroVect.
" AeroVect's autonomous GSE technology
is not only useful and practical,
but importantly a big step forward that
enhances ramp safety. GAT Airline
Ground Support has always been a first
mover in the ground support industry,
and we continue to invest in new frontier
technologies that enable us to offer
the safest, most efficient, and most
reliable ground support service to our
airline partners across major airports
in the United States, " said Mike Hough,
CEO of GAT.
April 27-29
MRO Americas
Dallas, TX
April 29-May 4
NEC/AAAE International Aviation
Snow Symposium
Buffalo, NY
May 3-5
NBAA Maintenance Conference
San Antonio, TX
May 23-25
CNS Partnership Conference
Phoenix, AZ
May 30-June 2
IATA Ground Handling Conference
Paris, France
BP Refinery in Lingen
Starts Production of SAF
from Used Cooking Oil
BP, the parent company of the international
aviation fuel products and
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services supplier Air BP, has completed
an industrial first in Germany producing
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from used
cooking oil. The BP plant in Lingen is
the first industrial production facility in
Germany to use co-processing to produce
SAF from waste and residues.
The Lingen refinery processes the
used cooking oil together with crude oil
in its existing facilities, which is called
" co-processing. " The end product is
SAF. Thanks to " co-processing " BP can
continue to operate the existing plant
with some modifications and extensions
and also make a direct contribution to
decarbonization.
" SAF is one of the aviation industry's
key routes to reducing carbon emissions,
so this is exciting news for Air BP and for
the industry as a whole. Co-processing is
an important step in replacing fossil fuel
with renewable feedstocks within refineries.
This production of SAF at Lingen
will open up new supply opportunities
in the region, " said Martin Thomsen,
CEO, Air BP.
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