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Most Advanced F-15 Eagle Ever Made Is Getting ACES II Ejection Seats

We often talk about military airplanes here on autoevolution, but we mostly do so in regard to their offensive capabilities. The reason for that is simple, really: military planes have been built to ...
Flying

Boeing Awards Contract for F-15EX Ejection Seats

Collins Aerospace has been awarded a contract by Boeing Defense to provide 144 Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES) for the U.S. Air Force's F-15EX fighters. The ACES II ejection seat is lauded for ...
Seeking Alpha

RTX's Collins Aerospace selected by Boeing to provide ACES II ejection seats for the U.S. Air Force's F-15EX fleet

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a contract from Boeing Defense to provide 144 ACES II ® ejection seats for ...
The Gazette

Collins Aerospace ejection seats have saved more than 700 pilot lives

The pilot ejection seats made by Collins Aerospace have saved more than 700 lives in the 45 years the company has been producing them. The Advanced Concept Ejection Seats are installed on thousands of ...
The National Interest

Ejection Seats

The ACES II ejection seat ensured that two US airmen shot down over Iran could make it safely to the ground—though this was only the first step in the rescue... Ejector seats are designed to be as ...