DARPA has chosen two radically different designs from teams led by General Atomics and Aurora Flight Systems for development of the Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale seaborne ...
US military scientists have water on the brain. Specifically, landing a large cargo transport aircraft in an aquatic environment. On 18 May, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...
The Pentagon’s secretive technology development arm has allocated an additional $40 million to fund continued work on a heavy-lift seaplane demonstrator competition involving General Atomics ...
Notably in the same week that a Chinese ekranoplan design emerged, DARPA announced the cancellation of its Liberty Lifter ground effect seaplane program. First reported by Aviation Week on Jul. 7, ...
The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) recently selected two teams to create designs for its Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale demonstrator, as per a press ...
The move highlights the uncertainty facing offshore fabricators as clients struggle to raise financing and remain solvent during the current economic turmoil. The MPU heavy lifter project was being ...