Development of a Backpack Survival Kit for Ejection Seats

摘要

The Navy is designing a Backpack Survival Kit (BSK) for ejection seats. Expected advantages of the BSK as compared to seat lid kits are less weight and more crewmember mobility during emergency egress from aircraft cockpits. With development of more sophisticated ejection propulsion systems, volume for survival kit stowage under the seat lid may not be available; the BSK offers an alternative stowage location. Design considerations include integration into the ejection seat system, attachment to the crewmember's restraint harness, stowage of survival gear, liferaft deployment, and crewmember mobility. (Author)