Safety Topics

Abstract

FOREMOST among designers and manufacturers of ejection seats is the Martin‐Baker company which had an impressive display at Farnborough showing how their expertise had, over the years, saved close on 5,500 aircrew lives and with the incorporation of even more advanced equipment, will given flying personnel the confidence in systems fitted to aircraft of the future. A wide variety of aircraft now uses this company's equipment, perhaps the most significant of recent contracts having been the award from the US Navy to develop and produce the Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat (NACES). This new seat employs an on‐seat sensory system and microprocessor controlled electronic sequencer to enable it to respond to the flight conditions at the time of ejection and to control the operation of the seat to achieve the maximum aircrew recovery capability. It will be installed in the McDonnell Douglas F/A 18 Hornet and T‐45 Hawk and in the Grumman F‐14D Tomcat and A‐6E (Upgrade) Intruder.

Citation

Mayday (1986), "Safety Topics", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 58 No. 11, pp. 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036361