ACES 5 – THE NEXT GENERATION IN AIRCREW EJECTION SAFETY · 2020. 5. 1. · • Fighter aircraft have evolved; so too has the Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES) • The US Air
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ACES 5 builds on the very successful ACES II ejection history with unique features that provide unmatched performance and lowest risk of injury • Passive Head & Neck Protection (PHNP) • Enhanced Drogue • GR 7000 Parachute • Passive Arm Restraint • CKU-5 Rocket Catapult • STAPAC • Passive Leg & Arm Restraints ACES 5 also provides modularity, greatly improving ease of maintenance and aircraft availability
Enhanced Drogue
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• Leg Well Restraints • Seat stability minimizes flail potential • Installed in leg well, retracted as seat moves up rails • Retains legs against the front panel • Bucket side panel prevents flailing • Enhanced version of the qualified F-22 system
• Stronger • More maintenance friendly
Bucket Side Panel
Leg Restraint Cord
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F I E L D L E V E L R E T R O F I T – L E S S T H A N 1 D AY
Retrofit kit to ACES 5 configuration • Remove the aircraft canopy or hatch • Remove the ACES II ejection seat • Remove common components • Install common components on the retrofit kit
to build up an ACES 5 • Install the ACES 5 ejection seat (Form, Fit,
Function; same connections in the cockpit) • Reinstall canopy or hatch; for the last time! • Aircraft is ready to fly; aircrew safety is now
state-of-the-art; seat maintenance now performed without canopy or hatch removal
• Aircraft readiness increased
ACES 5 provides ease of maintenance and increased aircraft availability
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
ACES 5 (SSIP) Preventable Injuries
16, 31%
12, 23% 10, 20%
9, 18%
4, 8%
Major Injury Ejections - SSIP Mitigating Improvements
• Over 800 system level, sub-system level and component tests completed • 43 ejection tests to date, well beyond the 22 required for reliability demonstration • 2 platforms (including the B-2A) have completed qualification testing
• Compliance with MIL-HDBK-516C injury requirements • 6 F-16 ejection tests completed at 600 KEAS
• Compliance with MIL-HDBK-516C injury requirements • Minimal delta qualification required for other ACES 5 seat configurations
• Seat of choice for B-2, multiple P-Programs, and all 3 USAF T-X Primes
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SUMMARY • Fighter aircraft have evolved; so too has the Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES) • The US Air Force recognized increased injury risk with HMDs (e.g. JHMCS and NVGs) • The 6 December 2016 Change Notice to MIL-HDBK-516C re-establishes an overall
risk of 5% for an incapacitating injury throughout an ejection event • ACES 5 provides a superior upgrade thru retrofit for the F-16 and F-15
• Demonstrated injury risk compliance throughout the ejection envelope • ACES 5 selected for B-2, multiple P-Programs, and ALL 3 USAF T-X Primes • ACES 5 modularity simplifies and speeds maintenance tasks (without a crane) and
correspondingly, significantly increases aircraft availability • ACES 5 provides unique level of safety to prevent head & neck injury, spinal injury, arm flail
injury, leg flail injury and minimize PLF related injuries
ACES 5 is the Next Generation in Aircrew Ejection Safety
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