2000's, Martin-Barker US16E Ejection Seat Rocket Pack For F-35 Lightning II, City of Norwich Aviation Museum.

US16E Ejection Seat For F-35 Lightning II

▪︎Common to all variants of the F-35

▪︎Saved 10 lives to date

▪︎Successfully delivered over 1,400 US16E seats

The System Development & Demonstration (SDD) Ejection Seat, selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, is a further development of the Mk. 16 range that has already been successful with the T-6 Texan II, Eurofighter Typhoon, NASA T-38N and USAF T-38 upgrade programmes and other numerous aircraft platforms around the world.

The US16E Ejection Seat provides an unprecedented balanced optimisation between key performance parameters such as safe terrain clearance limits, physiological loading limits, pilot boarding mass and anthropometric accommodation ranges to fully meet the F-35 Escape System requirements. The US16E will be common to all F-35 aircraft variants.

The US16E is the only Qualified Ejection Seat that meets the U.S. Government defined Neck Injury Criteria (NIC) across the pilot accommodation range. Martin-Baker is very proud to support the F-35 Programme; the programme will sustain approximately 700 jobs at Martin-Baker into the future, also supporting 66 sub-tier suppliers located within 20 counties spread right across the U.K. To date, Martin-Baker has delivered over 1,400 Ejection Seats to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 programme.

Technical Specifications –

▪︎Operating ceiling: 50,000ft (15,250m)
▪︎Minimum height/speed: Zero-Zero in near level attitude
▪︎Crew size range: JPATS multi-variate body size cases 1-8
▪︎Maximum speed for ejection: 600 KEAS
▪︎Parachute type: IGQ 6000
▪︎Harness type: MG5 integrated
▪︎Ejection gun: Twin catapult
▪︎Automatic back-up unit: Yes
▪︎Electronic Sequencer: Yes
▪︎Seat adjustment: Yes
▪︎Arm restraint: Yes, active system
▪︎Leg restraint: Yes, passive system
▪︎Oxygen supply: Bottled back-up/emergency oxygen supply
▪︎Seat survival kit: Yes + automatic deployment and liferaft inflation
▪︎Aircrew services: Connection to main oxygen supply, mic/tel, anti-g, thermal cooling. Interface to helmet
▪︎Canopy jettison: No
▪︎Canopy fracture: Yes
▪︎Auto ejection system: Yes, active only on STOVL variant.

Information sourced from – martin-baker.com/ejection-seats/us16e/

Taken on: October 26, 2019

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