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The hunt is on for the very best of British in the world of manufacturing and design. The ‘Made By Britain’ project was launched last year by Business Minister, Vince Cable, to celebrate the companies that really do put the Great into Britain. Each MP has been asked to nominate a company in their constituency…

Martin-Baker has completed the first production configuration US16E Ejection Seat for their F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft for the partner nations. The US16E is the only ejection Seat in the world that has demonstrated compliance to the entire range of accommodation, physiological and ejection performance requirements for the JSF programme. The Royal…

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March 4th

We were recently informed of a double ejection that occurred on 13th May 2019 - The Iranian F-14A Tomcat suffered a hydraulic failure and subsequently lost control at 170kts and 200ft. Both crew ejected successfully and were recovered without injury. ... See MoreSee Less

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Martin-Baker

March 2nd

"I worked on Tornado GR4 Mk10A seats at RAF Lossiemouth for several years between 2006-2015.

I spent a few years in a second line facility carrying out Primary star maintenance of the aircraft which usually involved full replacement of all seats and canopy jettison components. Our small four person team fitted the seats on well over half the GR4 fleet and became expert contortionists lock wiring scores of Jack Head Pistons and Command Eject Controllers.

I witnessed a successful double ejection in Kandahar in 2009 when a Tornado suffered a sudden loss of power at high speed on the runway. The crew banged out just before the jet ploughed in to an old Soviet mine field at the end of the runway. The noise of the rocket packs screeching like finger nails down a blackboard sticks with me!

Here’s a photo of me after disarming one of those used seats. We had to improvise on that job as normal tools were restricted by bent and buckled parts."

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2 Mar

7,639 lives saved by @MB_EjectEject ejection seats as of 2nd March 2021.

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MARTIN-BAKER NOMINATED IN ‘MADE BY BRITAIN’ GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE

FIRST MARTIN-BAKER DELIVERIES FOR JSF PARTNER NATIONS