First static live ejection test (Bernard Lynch) - 24th January 1945
First dummy ejection in flight from Defiant aircraft - 24th June 1946
First live ejection test by B. Lynch from Meteor - 24th July 1946
Initial US Navy interest in MBA ejection seats - 1944/1946
First live ejection in flight from US Navy Douglas JD-1 aircraft (j/g Furtek using MBA seat) - 1st November 1946
First live runway level ejection (Sqn. Ldr. J. S. Fifield) - September 1955
First live runway level ejection demonstration to US Navy (F/O Sidney Hughes, RAF) - August 1957
First US Navy production ejection seat ordered - August 1957
First live static rocket ejection seat test (Doddy Hay) - 1st April 1961
500 lives saved - 22nd November 1961
First live in-flight rocket ejection seat test (Peter Howard) - 13th March 1962
US Navy order to convert Mk5 to Mk7 rocket ejection seats (Intruder, Phantom and Crusader) - September 1965
1,000 lives saved - 31st May 1965
2,000 lives saved - 29th March 1968
3,000 lives saved - 10th July 1971
Mk10 ejection seat introduced into service - 1973
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 contract award - 1976
4,000 lives saved - 21st April 1976
5,000 lives saved - 17th February 1983
World's first microprocessor controlled ejection seat selected for NACES (Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat) Programme - contract awarded May 1985
NACES enters service with US Navy - November 1989
Armoured Crew Seat for the A129 Mongoose helicopter qualified and in production - 1989
6,000 lives saved - 31st December 1990
Delivery of the Armoured Crew Seat prototype for the PAH2 Tiger helicopter - 1990
Huygens space probe - contract awarded 1991
First NACES emergency ejection - 1992
JPATS (The Joint Primary Training System) contract award for Mk16L seats - 1995
MBA selected as standard supplier of Crashworthy seats for Sikorsky S-92 Programme - 1996
Crashworthy Troop and Jump seats for the EH101 helicopter qualified and in production – 1997
The S-76 Crew Seat is qualified and in production - 1997
Armoured Crew Seat for the Denel Rooivalk helicopter qualified and in production - 1997
1,000th NACES delivered - 1998
CAA crew seat approval - 1998
Rotating Seat for the EC-135 and MD Explorer helicopters qualified and in production - 1998
NASA selects MBA seats for T-38 escape system upgrade - 1998
First flight of Mk 16 seat (Raytheon T-6A, Texan II) - 15th July 1998
First flight of Mk 16 seat (Rafale) - 24th November - 1998
First flight of Mk 16 seat (Eurofighter) - August 1998
50th anniversary of first life saved - 1999
Passenger Seat for the EC-145 helicopter qualified and in production - 1999
U.S. Navy award contract to MBA for supply of crashworthy seats for CH53 fleet  - 1999
Lockheed and Boeing select Martin-Baker Mk16 for JSF - 2000
First Mk16 ejection - 31st August 2000
First flight of Los Angeles County Fire Firehawks helicopters fitted with Martin-Baker Rotating/Traversing Seats - 2001
First flight of Pilatus PC-21 fitted with Martin-Baker Mk.CH16C ejection seats - 1st July 2002
First flight of KAI T-50 Golden Eagle fitted with Martin-Baker Mk.KR16K ejection seats - June 2002
7,000 lives saved - 12th June 2003
First flight of Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft fitted with Martin-Baker Fixed Wing Crew and Mission Seats - 2004
First flight of the Aermacchi M-346 fitted with Martin-Baker MK.IT16D ejection seats -July 2004
NH90 3rd Crew Seat certification - 2005
Multi-Functional Operating Seat (MFOS) for the HH-60L Blackhawk helicopter qualified and in production - 2005
Troop and Gunner seats for the UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter certified and in production - 2005
The US Air Force  selects MBA seats for T-38 escape system upgrade – July 2005