The seats work like typical military ejection seats from there. While it's a convenient feature, the U.S. and other Western nations are unlikely to adopt it for their helicopters because it's ...

An Air Force report found that Capt. John Robertson's death on May 13, 2024 likely came from not being properly strapped into ...

Lockheed Martin makes the aircraft, an F-35B Lightning II jet, and said the pilot “ejected successfully” and was safe. But ejection seats require a complex process to successfully get a pilot ...

Next-generation seat. In 2020, Collins was awarded a $700 million contract for the next generation ejection seat for U.S. Air Force aircraft. The ACES 5 seat is designed to respond to ejection ...

The F-35B can hover, and it is the only aircraft fitted with an auto-eject system, which could be a game-changer in saving lives, as Martin-Baker's US16E is the first ejection seat capable of an ...

A potential defect in cartridge actuated devices (CAD) used in ejection seats has prompted the grounding of hundreds of military aircraft including Air Force T-38 Talons and T-6 Texan IIs.

Collins Aerospace will provide 144 ACES II ejection seats for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX fleet. [Courtesy: RTX] Boeing Defense has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract to provide 144 Advanced ...

Giving the Ka-52 Alligator, as well as its predecessor the Ka-50, ejection seats is a simple concept. You might think at first that the chopper ejects the seats to the side to avoid the roto ...

How does aircraft ejection work? In December’s crash landing, the F-35B — which can land like a helicopter and take off in short distances — was hovering before it began to land.