An Anthropomorphic Test Device sits on an ejection seat waiting to be tested on the Horizontal Impulse Accelerator, part of the Biodynamics Laboratory, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio ...

The F-35's unique ejection seat system is designed and produced by Martin-Baker for the U.S. Military. The seat is designated US16E, and it's installed on all variants of the F-35 at a cost ...

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 ...

On May 13, 2024, Captain John “Skins” Robertson of the 80th Operations Support Squadron died from injuries he suffered in an ejection seat mishap during a training mission, according to the ...

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. By Nicholas ...

The new T-7A Red Hawk ejection system passes high-speed test at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. After coming under scrutiny for serious ejection system deficiencies identified during earlier ...

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.

In addition to the ejection seat issues, the T-7A has also suffered from issues with software, the aircraft’s supply chain, and cost overruns. Boeing won the T-7A contract in September 2018 with ...

The service first indicated its intent to award Collins Aerospace a sole-source contract in November 2019 to update ACES II ejection seats currently installed on military aircraft such as A-10, B ...

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.