Seat pan adjustment and control systems and methods for controlling seat pan adjustment

A seat pan adjustment system for an ejection seat, comprising:

• a first actuator configured to adjust a position of a first area of a seat pan;
• a second actuator configured to adjust a position of a second area of the seat pan;
• a controller in communication with the first actuator and the second actuator;
• and
• a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for adjusting the seat pan that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
• sending, by the controller, an initial actuation command configured to position the seat pan at an occupant-specific starting position;
• and
• sending, by the controller, a series of in-flight actuation commands to the first actuator and the second actuator.

A method for adjusting a seat pan of an ejection seat, comprising:

• receiving, by a controller, an occupant input;
• determining, by the controller, an occupant-specific starting position based on the occupant input;
• sending, by the controller, an initial actuation command configured to translate the seat pan from a neutral starting position to the occupant-specific starting position;
• and
• sending, by the controller, a series of in-flight actuation commands to a first actuator and a second actuator, the first actuator being configured to adjust a position of a first area of the seat pan, and the second actuator being configured to adjust a position of a second area of the seat pan.