About Us
Providing Tomorrow’s Ground Support Equipment Solutions Today
ITW Military GSE has been manufacturing industry-leading ground support equipment to support military applications worldwide since 1972. Our broad line of support equipment for fighter aircraft, Navy ships and Army vehicles includes frequency converters (400Hz, 270 VDC), combination carts with pre-conditioned air delivery, shipboard power supplies and battery chargers. Our ground support equipment is available in fixed-position facility versions as well as mobile flight-line models.
Our quality ground support equipment can be counted on for proven dependability, durability and ease of operation and maintenance, and our strong focus on customer service provides support before and after each sale. We utilize the industry’s premier engineering capability along with fighter aircraft manufacturer partnerships to design, build, and deploy the finest, most innovative ground support equipment available from our state-of-the-art, modern facility.
In addition to the ground support equipment and frequency converters you’ll find available for purchase on our Products page, we also design and build custom ground support equipment based on your unique requirements customer specifications. If you’d like to discuss custom ground support equipment, please visit our Contact page.
Quality Certificates
ITW Military GSE has earned certification of its quality management systems to both AS 9100 (Aerospace Quality Management Systems) and ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems). ISO 9001:2008 is an internationally-accepted standard that specifies requirements for quality management systems. The AS 9100 standard uses ISO 9001 as a framework but includes additonal quality requirements specific to the aerospace industry.
Quality Ground Support Equipment You Can Count On
All of our equipment is manufactured under strict AS9100 and ISO 9001 compliant quality control standards for maximum reliability and performance, providing full confidence that each design will stand up to the harshest environments and atmospheric conditions and will meet your needs now and in the future.
In addition, all ITW Military GSE Ground Support Equipment:
- Is C-130 transportable
- Meets or exceeds MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, and MIL-STD-461
- Is designed and manufactured at our facility
- Is backed by our worldwide service capability
All of our Engines:
- Run on Diesel, Jet A, JP4, JP5, and JP8
- Are EPA compliant
All of our Cooling Systems:
Ground Support Equipment Service Solutions For Every Operation
In addition to our ground support equipment product offerings, we also offer full-service ground support equipment training and ground support equipment repair. In fact, we will send our personnel on service calls anywhere in the world, anytime you need us. Other ground support equipment services include training ranging from basic operation to advanced maintenance techniques, and both phone and online support are always available.
About Our Parent Company
In 1912, Chicago businessman Byron L. Smith and four other forward-thinking businessmen started a company to manufacture and sell metal-cutting tools. That company became Illinois Tool Works (ITW). Today, ITW is a Fortune 200 company with its corporate headquarters in Glenview, Illinois, U.S.A. ITW has 750 decentralized business units in 49 countries and employs approximately 55,000 men and women. The dedication of our people is the basis for our success and longevity.
During its nearly 100 years of existence, ITW’s recipe for success has been focused on creating value-added products and providing innovative solutions for key customers around the world. We do this by growing our business and making acquisitions that provide additional product solutions to our customers. ITW’s proven strategies of increasing market penetration with product innovations, extending current products to new industries and acquiring businesses that improve customer offerings provide the foundation for continued success in the 21st century.