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PAUL LEWIS /WASHINGTON DCWith funding for developments withdrawn, manufacturers are looking at upgradesEjection-seat manufacturers Goodrich and Martin Baker are focusing attention on improving crew escape systems, with the prospect for new developments having evaporated together with US Congressional funding for the US Air Force/Navy Joint Ejection Seat Programme JESP . We ve been asked to look at the ACES II s arm and leg restraint system. This is one of the things we were looking at under JESP and we ll be looking at its applicability to ACES II, says Jeff Yaker, Goodrich president, aircraft seating and propulsion systems. The seat upgrade is primarily aimed at the Boeing F-15 and Lockheed Martin F-16, which have no restraints. As the size and weight of helmets increase with the addition of visor displays and night vision systems, there is also a growing need for head and neck restraints, adds Yaker.Goodrich and Martin Baker conducted limited performance and cost trade-off studies under JESP, but further funding has been dropped from the fiscal year2003 budget. The Congressional-mandated effort was intended to lead to the qualification of a new generation of seats nike sb dunk by 2004-05, with the Joint Strike Fighter JSF seen as the most likely application.Lockheed Martin instead has selected the Martin Baker US16E seat for the F-35 JSF. With the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor already equipped with a version of the ACES, there is no new platform applicati owala website on in sight. Goodric adidas yeezy h h Gtex Key tests keep Alliance engine on course for A380 launch
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