Development of a Backpack Survival Kit for Ejection Seats.

Abstract

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)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 1982
Accession Number
ADA113653

Entities

People

  • Gary F. Whitman
  • Thomas J. Zenobi

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Backpacks
  • Beacons
  • Composite Materials
  • Deployment
  • Ejection Seats
  • Engineering
  • Life Rafts
  • Materials Processing
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Radio Beacons
  • Respiration
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Structural Integrity
  • Survival
  • Survival Equipment
  • Survival Kits

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science