Punching Out

When your jet breaks, you might have one more chance to survive — your ejection seat. Many of you are familiar with the Martin-Baker systems and the ACES II. This insightful video shows us the science and research that goes into seat development for the latest and greatest. When you only have one chance left…it needs to work!

The latest addition to the UTC Aerospace Systems family of Advanced Concept Ejection Seats is ACES 5®. ACES 5® incorporates advanced safety upgrades compared to the legacy ACES II®, which is credited with saving more than 650 lives since being introduced in 1978.