The ejection seat was developed to make escaping a plane ... using compressed air to eject a parachute that would then pull the pilot from the airplane. A concept more akin to the modern idea ...

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 ...

Pete: It is a complex question. And as a matter of fact, the ejection seat's probably the most complex piece of equipment within a fighter jet. As soon as you pull the handle, at zero seconds ...

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 ...

Collins' Advanced Concept Ejection Seat, known as ACES, has saved over 700 lives since 1978. There are currently 6,000 ACES ...

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 ...

This ejection seat was invented by James Martin, who was born in Crossgar, Co. Down, in 1893. In 1934 he founded the Martin-Baker aircraft manufacturing company with his friend Captain Valentine ...

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of ...