The U.S. Air Force is reopening its NGES (Next-Generation Ejection Seat) competition for the F-16, the results of which might also cover the F-22 Raptor and the B-1B Lancer. The development comes ...

The Air Force has reopened the competition for its Next-Generation Ejection Seat (NGES) program, with an initial focus on the F-16. The competition may expand to include a variety of other ...

A US Air Force instructor ... in either seat during training, and both have ejectors that can be activated by a handle. When activated, a cartridge explodes and initiates the ejection sequence.

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 ...

Britain's Royal Air Force has modified the ejection seat harnesses on its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft following a fatal accident in Spain, the Ministry of Defense said Monday. The RAF ...

Instead, the Argentine aircraft maker will turn to a Russian ejection-seat to supply the Pampa IIIs for the Argentine Air Force. Argentina fought a war with the British in the early 1980s over ...