The topical issue of providing aircraft with ground handling equipment of flights that would meet modern requirements of functional and quality indicators, international standards and prospects for the development of aircraft in the context of cooperation with NATO countries is considered. The results of the analysis of open literature sources on the possibilities of manufacturing means of ground maintenance of aircraft by the military-industrial complex of Ukraine are presented. The methodology of the system approach is aimed at the development of general requirements for ground-based power supply and start-up of aircraft engines. Analysis of trends in domestic and foreign models of ground handling equipment has determined that the problem of ensuring a given military-technical level of the fleet of military aircraft and helicopters is becoming more relevant every year, and work to create products and their components requires a comprehensive system approach. Methodical approaches to the development of general requirements for ground-based means of power supply of aircraft are presented. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the possibility of their use to justify the decision to supply these samples of special-purpose ground handling equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In this regard, the main task of the military-industrial sector of Ukraine is to prepare the production of analogues of electric and gas equipment for ground handling of aircraft and helicopters and their harmonization with NATO standards.