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Collins Aerospace ejection seats
Borchelt said, adding that the Japan
Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) had
120 ACES II seats on its Mitsubishi F-2
fighter jets, in addition to 250 installed
on its F-15D, J model fighters. The ser-
vice uses Collins Aerospace’s older
S-III-S seats on its Kawasaki T-4 inter-
mediate trainers.

The ACES 5 is Collins Aerospace’s
next-generation ejection seat and
features enhanced head, neck, arm
and leg flail prevention, in addition to
a load-compensating catapult based
COLLINS AEROSPACE EYEING on the occupant’s weight. The ACES 5
reduces overall ejection-related major
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACES 5 injuries to less than 5 percent and ejec-
tion-related spinal injuries to less than
EJECTION SEATS 1 percent.

Collins Aerospace, which has over “The new ejection seat is now under As an entirely new ejection seat, the
6,600 ejections in service worldwide, contract on a programme of record with ACES 5 builds upon many of the very
is eyeing opportunities in the region for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) under a 10 proven and reliable features on the
its latest ACES 5 next generation ejec- year indefinite delivery indefinite quan- ACES II. It caters for the proliferation
tion seats. Speaking to Daily News, Don tity (IDIQ) contract,” said Borchelt. “The of helmet mounted displays and helmet
Borchelt, Director, ACES II/5 business first aircraft to be fitted with the ACES mounted devices and can accommo-
development, said out of the 3,000 5 will be the F-15, followed by the F-16, date that increased mass on the air
ACES II ejection seats delivered to F-22, B-1 and A-10. We are in current crew’s head and ensure a safe escape
export customers, over 1,000 were in and low injury with that heavier helmet.
operation across F-16 and F-15 fighter conversations with the USAF to also It can also accommodate a range of air-
jets in service with Japan, South Korea, include F-15 EX onto that contract.” hr
Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, and added. The seat has also been selected crew weights, from a very lightweight
Thailand. Borchelt said he was confi- for the USAF’s-7A Red Hawk trainer. pilot, weighing approximately 103
dent of export prospects for the new pounds all the way up to a large pilot
ACES 5. Japan is an important customer for of 245 pounds.

EDGECORTIX EdgeCortix Inc, an innovative edge AI plat- throughput and low latency with low power
form company which is headquartered in consumption for real-time applications is
EXHIBITS Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo is exhibiting its newly essential in modern defense and security
released industry-leading AI coproces-
operations.”
SAKURA-I AI sor device “ SAKURA-I “ and is exploring
the applicability of its edge AI platform in SAKURA-I is an AI-focused accelerator
COPROCESSOR the defence sector, at the ongoing show. device developed to enable computation-
EdgeCortix is now shipping its SAKURA-I ally accelerated and power-efficient AI
DEVICE AI processors to customers worldwide. inference in small to medium-sized sys-
“DSEI Japan is an excellent opportunity to tems. The AI coprocessor device is
showcase breakthrough technologies like particularly well suited for applications that
our SAKURA-I that can be used to acquire use streaming data, such as high-definition
and maintain a more competitive defense video feeds, real-time control of autono-
capability and ultimately avoid conflict,” a mous driving systems, radio frequency (RF)
company release stated. signal processing, and 5G-AI integrated
systems. Designed from the ground up at
“At DSEI Japan 2023, we are very pleased to EdgeCortix’s R&D center in Japan, the pro-
introduce our MERA software suite and the cessor is implemented with TSMC 12nm
EdgeCortix edge AI platform demo, powered FinFETs and can be used in power- and
by our new AI co-processor “SAKURA-I,” to mobility-constrained applications such as
the global defence community. Given the airborne or underwater drones, manned
state of the world and its impact on the and self-driving robotic platforms, and
defense industry, it is clear that edge intelli- vision and perception systems. Provides
gence has never been more important than industry-leading AI inference capabilities
it is today. The ability to combine both high on edge devices.

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