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 ...

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of ...

It noted that improvements had been made in the system: “A February 2024 sled test showed improvement at medium-speed ejections for the ejection seat sequencing.” However, despite success at ...

Several ejection seat designs are presently available, but some of the most widespread are the ones manufactured by American defense contractor Collins Aerospace. It's technology, aptly called ...

This ejection seat was invented by James Martin, who was born in Crossgar, Co. Down, in 1893. In 1934 he founded the Martin-Baker aircraft manufacturing company with his friend Captain Valentine ...

Pro-Palestine activists have admitted breaking into and damaging the headquarters of a company that makes aircraft ejection seats. Palestine Action claimed Buckinghamshire-based aircraft firm ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a contract from Boeing Defense to provide 144 ACES II ® ejection seats for ...