Military Aircraft: Safety

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat of the Boeing T7A Red Hawk with (b) the Martin Baker ejection seats used across the rest of the RAF fleet.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026

The Jet Training System programme is ongoing and no final procurement decisions have been made.

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