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The ejection seat system in question is the ACES 5 ejection seat, made by Raytheon subsidiary Collins Aerospace. The new report details new problems. But the ACES 5 has had problems from the start.
A team of Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 944th Maintenance Group works together to remove an ejection seat on an F-35 fighter jet at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 8, 2024.
An Air Force report found that Capt. John Robertson's death on May 13, 2024 likely came from not being properly strapped into his T-6A when his ejection seat accidentally triggered.
The Gloster Javelin Mark 8 could hit 50,000 feet in nine minutes — and then lose a pilot to a faulty ejection seat at 400 knots. Britain’s delta-wing interceptor was packed with cutting-edge radar, ...
The company already supplies its US18E ejection seat for Lockheed’s current Block 70/72 production standard of the F-16, and also provides the US16E for the airframer’s fifth-generation F-35.
It's technology, aptly called Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES) first came to be in the 1970s, and it is currently used in a large number of military aircraft, including the A-10, F-15, F-16 ...
Boeing Defense has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract to provide 144 Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES) for U.S. Air Force F-15EX fighters. The contract, which will be performed in Colorado ...