The F-104 Starfighter was not built for dogfights. In fact, Lockheed’s designers purposely sacrificed maneuverability for speed.

Contrast this with the MiG-15 which seemed like someone shot the cockpit with ... The XB-1 is not equipped with an ejection seat. (Boom Supersonic). It was hard to avoid asking Brandenburg about the ...

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 ...

Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace recently announced the contract with Boeing to build 144 Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES II) for the Air Force’s F-15EX jet fleet. “The F-15EX is the most ...

Obviously there are a great many differences between attack helicopters and fighter jets, but one of the distinct advantages jet pilots have over their helicopter-flying counterparts is the ...

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 the U.S. Air Force's F ...

Because they have, you know, ejection seats. The technology dates back to the 1910s, when it first popped as an idea into the head of a parachute maker named Everard Calthrop, followed shortly ...

The facility will maintain and manufacture ejection seats for the Indian air force, says Steve Roberts, head of business development at Martin-Baker. Roberts spoke with FlightGlobal at last week ...