The change of the single source contract awarded to Collins Aerospace for its ACES 5 seat could potentially open the NGES ...

F-16s have been supplied to Ukraine and the jet is widely used by air forces across the globe, including those of NATO states ...

In a US Air Force bid to improve their pilot survivability systems, Collins and Martin-Baker go head to head to build the ...

A concept more akin to the modern idea of an ejection seat was later pioneered by Romanian Anastase Dragomir towards the end of the 1920s. He was able to test his idea of a “catapulted cabin ...

The owners of Martin-Baker ejection seats will share a £47 million payout after sales rose to £347 million. The heirs of the ...

The other objective was to develop and test ejection seats for fighter craft. After jettisoning the windscreen, or canopy, they could then fire the man and his seat out of the airplane.

James Martin discovered that the most effective means of ejection was by an explosive charge that forced the pilot's seat up into the air. Following an intensive period of testing and research his ...

The company worked with Martin-Baker and its fighter jet ejection seat testing programme to create a movement tough enough for the job. During that testing, Bremont built a prototype watch to ...

Because of the complexity of the mission - tactical testing of new weapons - things ... via a radio installed in my helmet, I armed my ejection seat by pulling down a yellow-striped lever near ...

His solution was to install an ejector seat. Er, well, an ejector seat button ... He started by taking measurements and 3D-printing a test piece for the center console nook.

James Martin discovered that the most effective means of ejection was by an explosive charge that forced the pilot's seat up into the air. Following an intensive period of testing and research his ...