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Notably in the same week that a Chinese ekranoplan design emerged, DARPA announced the cancellation of its Liberty Lifter ...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has reportedly cancelled the “Liberty Lifter” heavy cargo seaplane ...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has ended a programme to build a large wing-in-ground (WIG) craft ...
If you've been hoping for a long-range, low-cost, heavy-lift seaplane using Wing-In-Ground effect (WIG), you'll have to be ...
DARPA Ends Liberty Lifter Program is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network ...
The secretive Pentagon research agency says the Liberty Lifter programme has proven the viability of building an amphibian ...
The Liberty Lifter project represents a bold step into the future of maritime transportation, promising to revolutionize how the US Navy and Marines approach rapid ocean transport.
Ambitious waterborne cargo aircraft project canceled, but its technologies will be reused in other initiatives ...
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 ...
On July 7, Aviation Week’s Brian Everstine reported on DARPA’s decision to end its Liberty Lifter effort to build a full-scale military seaplane demonstrator. Program officials touted the program’s ...
Breanna Stewart looks to make a move on Natasha Howard during the Liberty’s 79-71 win over the Wings on Aug. 22, 2024. Michelle Farsi/New York Post It didn’t matter down the stretch.
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences presented a video of its take on DARPA's Liberty Lifter ground effect sea plane.