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

An ejection seat is, today, considered a vital life saving device in many military aircraft. At times, the technology has even become an ethical and political sore point.

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 ...

Ejection seats are common in smaller fighter aircraft, but those in the larger B-1B have seen some successful seat ejections and some failures leading to fatal and near-fatal accidents in the past.

So, even if multiple types of aircraft were grounded, it seems that the CAD production lots affected by the defect were possibly used only for the F-35’s Mk16/US16E ejection seat.

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.

Boeing Defense has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract to provide 144 Advanced Concept Ejection Seats for F ... At least 6,000 ACES II seats are in service in aircraft belonging to 29 air ...

Air Force pilot dies after aircraft ejection seat goes off while on the ground. A full Air Force Safety Investigation Board is expected to be in place shortly. By Jon Haworth. May 15, 2024, 2:16 AM.

Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured Monday "when the ejection seat of the T-6A Texan II aircraft he was in ...