About Us

Martin-Baker has been the world leader in the design and manufacture of ejection and crashworthy seats for over 79 years. A family-run business at our core, we’ve saved over 7,700 lives in our time and have been honoured to receive 11 Queen’s Awards. Our latest designs offer unprecedented life-saving capabilities, with over 16,200 seats currently in service.

THE WORLDS LEADING MANUFACTURER OF EJECTION SEATS

THE WORLDS LEADING MANUFACTURER OF EJECTION SEATS

Engineering For Life

Constantly innovating and pioneering aircrew safety development, we’ve dedicated all of our years as a family-run business to saving pilots’ lives. As the world’s leading manufacturer of ejection seats, we’re the only company to offer a fully integrated escape system that satisfies the very latest in pilot operational capability and safety standards. We’ve also developed a range of special crashworthy seats to meet the specialist safety needs of both helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft.

F-35 US Pilot

IN 2023 MARTIN-BAKER DELIVERED
507 SEATS TO 16 GLOBAL PRIMES
FOR 17 AIRCRAFT TYPES

79

YEARS OF DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT
AND MANFACTURE OF
AIRCRAFT ESCAPE SYSTEMS

16,200+

SEATS IN SERVICE

91,500+

SEATS DELIVERED

IN 2023 MARTIN-BAKER DELIVERED
507 SEATS TO 16 GLOBAL PRIMES
FOR 17 AIRCRAFT TYPES

79

YEARS OF DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT
AND MANFACTURE OF
AIRCRAFT ESCAPE SYSTEMS

16,200+

SEATS IN SERVICE

91,500+

SEATS DELIVERED

Over 79 Years of Experience

With facilities around the world, we offer a complete ‘end-to-end service’, from helping the customer establish operational safety and escape requirements to ongoing support throughout the entire service life of the aircraft. Passion for engineering, strong family ties and an extremely loyal and skilful workforce are just a few of the reasons behind our success.

Test manikin suited in full aircrew flight equipment strapped into a KR18A ejection seat

Board of Directors

James W. Martin

John S. Martin

Robert Martin

Andrew J. Martin

Robert Morgan

Pictured left to right: Andrew, James, John, Robert Martin.

Board of Directors

Pictured left to right: Andrew, James, John, Robert Martin.

James W. Martin

John S. Martin

Robert Martin

Andrew J. Martin

Robert Morgan

Vice Presidents

Chris Davies

Commercial

Peter Lewis

Operations

Philip Rowles

Engineering

James Pearse

Programmes

Tony Hayes

Quality

Geoff Barnes

Sustainment

Mark Cooper

Sourcing

Matt Dale

Human Resources

Subsidiaries

Martin-Baker America, inc

Matthew Johnson, Vice President & General Manager

Martin-Baker Australia Pty Ltd

Andrew Eden, Vice President & Managing Director

Subsidiaries

Martin-Baker America, inc

Matthew Johnson, Vice President & General Manager

Martin-Baker Australia Pty Ltd

Andrew Eden, Vice President & Managing Director

View all of Martin-Baker’s locations around the world

View all of Martin-Baker’s locations around the world

OUR CUSTOMERS

Careers at Martin-Baker

We are looking for talented and dedicated people that are interested in making a real difference and, like us, are proud to work for a company whose products have saved the lives of over 7,700 aircrew to date.  

Join us. Do something different. Save lives.

Careers at Martin-Baker

We are looking for talented and dedicated people that are interested in making a real difference and, like us, are proud to work for a company whose products have saved the lives of over 7,700 aircrew to date.  

Join us. Do something different. Save lives.

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