It is among the most successful modern fighters, with over 100 aerial combat victories. The F-15 was originally envisioned as a pure air superiority aircraft. The U.S. Air Force recently notified Collins Aerospace of its intent to sole-source the Next Generation Ejection Seat (NGES) program with our ACES 5® ejection seat. If unfortunate events happen, it’s good to know Collins Aerospace and ACES is there for aircrew who are born to fly so they can live to walk away. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. The F-22 Raptor is capable of supercruise flight, and is predicted to spend more of the flight time at higher speeds so this ACES II has been optimized to limit injuries at higher ejection dynamic pressure. Over 10,000 ACES II seats have been produced with over 5,000 actively flyin… ACES II is currently in service on more than 6,000 aircraft, including all F-15s and F-16s worldwide as well as the Air Force’s A-10, F-22, B-1 and B-2. The peak catapult accelleration is about 12gz. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has conducted several major reviews on the upgraded version of its ACES II ejection seat for the U.S. Air Force’s Safety and Sustainment Improvement Program (SSIP) for B-2 bombers. It features ACME’s patented full motion cueing system inside the seat and includes actuated shoulder harnesses and powered seat-height adjustments.With the realistic motion cues and the precise fidelity details, crews can use the seat for flying cues and as a cockpit and egress training device. HQ ACC identified requirement to replace environmental sensor on ACES II Ejection Seat (12 July 2009) - Environmental sensor and TTU-415/E tester are inconsistent ― USAF Safety Center recommendation from 2012 mishap to “replace environmental sensor and current recovery sequencer with a more reliable component to optimize the It features a modern set of fail-safe/fail-op electronics unaffected by single point failures. Thanks to our ACES® II ejection seat, this pilot is safe and lives to fly another day.Big news! The TESP NACES Sequencer features the capability to process data from multiple sources such as on board sensors or external inputs. Programmable logic generates the decisions to fire redundant MIL-STD-1515 initiators according to the algorithm that is embedded. The original NACES unit is fully qualified and completed a 6000 hour reliability development test. Production deliveries commenced in August 1989 with 1373 delivered to support USN/USMC/FMS F-14D, F/A18A/B/C/D, and T-45A/C. Although originally specified for a 6 year service life, the biannual test via the TTU-515/E has allowed this design to remain in the field for over 25 years. The pilot safely ejected and was taken to the 96th Medical Group hospital at the base for evaluation and observation. It looks and feels just like the actual seat and mounts in the simulator just like the ejection seat too.
The seat is not fully rigged and appears to be missing a few panels, however the modifications from the earlier versions of the ACES II are very visible. NGES upgrades the existing ACES II ejection seats on platforms used by the Air Force that include the F-15, F-16, F-22, B-1 and A-10.Recently in the news, a camera caught our ACES technology in action.
(The F-22 … The pilot safely ejected and was taken to the 96th Medical Group hospital at the base for evaluation and observation. Credited with saving more than 664 lives since 1978, another ACES save can be added to that counter when a pilot had to eject from a F-16. ACME even mimics the subtle but important distinctions like the difference in the canopy breakers atop the seat between the pilot and the weapon system operator seats.ACME’s F-15 Dynamic Motion Seat is a high-fidelity replica of the ACES II ejection seat specialized for the F-15 body. Rigorous testing of ACES 5® has been conducted to validate the seat’s performance, reliability, and compliance with the latest safety requirements. The ACES II has three main operating modes, one each for the low speed/low altitude, medium speed, and high speed/high altitude. Its design included a secondary ground-attack capability that was largely unused.