But more recently, advancements in robotic and autonomous aircraft have Martin-Baker and fellow ejection-seat makers looking ...

The US Air Force had previously contracted RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace to provide new ejection seats for the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Now it is having second thoughts.

The 90-day suspension tees up a final decision on whether to compete a deal for new ejection seats on the F-16, despite a ...

FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile strike on Avitek in Kirov, Russia: Ukraine hit Russia's only serial manufacturer of fighter ...

All U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters have returned to normal operations following a temporary grounding. The stand down was initiated due to concerns over potentially faulty cartridge ...

A widespread issue with ejection seats that impacted hundreds of aircraft across the U.S. military last week was first discovered on an F-35A Lightning II back in April, but the Air Force didn't ...

Senior Airman Blake Anguiano, left, and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Lamb, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress systems journeymen, install an ejection seat in an F-15E Strike Eagle at ...

Hundreds of U.S. military aircraft, including Air Force T-38 Talons and T-6 Texan IIs, have been grounded due to a potential defect in cartridge actuated devices (CAD) within their ejection seats. The ...

October 7, 2022: The U.S. Air Force suffered a rare ejection seat failure in June 2020 in which the seat successfully ejected but the parachute did not deploy and the pilot died on impact. The widow ...

The U.S. Air Force's F-35A fleet has resumed normal flight operations, following inspections of hundreds of ejection seat cartridges to look for potentially faulty ones. (Capt. Kip Sumner/U.S. Air ...

(Tribune News Service) — An Air Force major could be seen rocketing into the air after a state-of-the-art military jet smashed into a Fort Worth runway earlier this month. In a matter of seconds, a ...