The Air Force has cracked the door open to a competition for its Next-Generation Ejection Seat, four years after awarding a sole-source contract for the program. In a “sources sought synopsis” released Aug. 16, the Air Force Life Cycle Management...
F-15 Eagle drivers will get upgraded ejection seats under a new $700 million contract to Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies subsidiary, awarded on Oct. 29. The new ACES 5 ejection seat will replace the F-15’s older ACES II ejection seat, found in most of the ...