Lockheed F-35 Design Evades Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Grounding

US Air Force maintainers extract a Martin-Baker US16 ejection seat from an F-35A in 2018.
Credit: US Air Force
A unique design feature has excluded the Lockheed Martin F-35 fleet from a grounding order that has hobbled other aircraft using Martin-Baker ejection seats, a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman says. Martin-Baker discovered defects in certain batches of cartridge-actuated devices (CADs) used to propel a...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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