Consultancy and SME services

We provide subject matter expert advice and consultancy services to industry and individuals.

Testing and Evaluation support

To ensure your aircrew flight equipment is capable of carrying out the role it has been designed for requires rigorous testing to prevent failures, to help meet customer requirements but more importantly, to ensure it will operate when needed – safely, correctly and save lives!

We are able to support you through out the testing and evaluation process, from initial concept through to end-user trials.
We underpin our service with robust reporting and supporting documentation to ensure that the testing and evaluation process is efficient and effective.

Our team can support the introduction of new equipment and have previously provided SME support to land drag, blast testing, live ejection and sea trials for a variety of equipment manufacturers.

Trials support

We have the capability to provide our customers with flexible and effective support for their survival equipment and rotary/fixed wing aircrew flight equipment. Our team have experience in the following disciplines:

Platform integration
Cockpit integration
Equipment integration
Land drag
Sea survival qualification
Wind blast testing
Live ejection shot trials

Safety Case Assessment reports

We can also provide customers with cost-effective cross-platform aircrew flight equipment support during trials, test, evaluation and every day operations.

Maintenance support

Our team of Survival Equipment experts have amassed experience in the military air environment and commercial sectors, often operating in austere locations across the globe.  

Whether our customers requirements are for sea, air or land, we offer expert advice and knowledge to support maintenance based activities, and by using a quality based approach can ensure your workshop facilities, technical documentation and on going maintenance requirements are running correctly and to exacting specifications.

Good quality maintenance is the key to ensuring our customers equipment does the job it is asked to do ….. FIRST TIME, EVERY TIME!

Product Support

When your product is ready for launch, Key Survival Equipment are there to assist you and can provide onward support, ensuring your customers are able to receive continued support throughout the life of your product.

With experience in supporting a global network of customers, Key Survival Equipment are able to offer direct support to designers, manufacturers and users of Survival Equipment,Pilot Flight Equipment and Aircrew Equipment Assemblies.