The Wing Ship Technology Corporation, a South Korean company, is trying to revive the wing in ground effect idea. South Korea’s armed forces have already agreed to buy some and the firm says it hopes ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has released a new video of its revolutionary wing-in-ground-effect Liberty Lifter concept aircraft that it's developing for DARPA. The aircraft uses ground effect to lift heavy ...

The first machine to combine the efficiency advantages of ground effect and hydrofoiling in a single design, it promises revolutionary speed and range in coastal areas. Wing-in-ground effect (WIG) ...

All-electric seaglider manufacturer Regent Craft will deliver its first 50-100-passenger Monarch seaglider to United Marine Egypt (UME) Shipping before the end of the decade. The vessel is an ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting designs for an aircraft that will provide the U.S. military with fast, flexible, and survivable strategic lift capability that is ...

If Aurora’s concept passes the Preliminary Design Review by 2025, it will be expected to float, fly and then demonstrate the Liberty Lifter by late-2027 or early 2028. Following General Atomics’ exit ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, recently picked two companies to design and build prototypes of the Liberty Lifter, a wing-in-ground-effect transport aircraft: General ...

Aerodynamics in ground effect vehicles has become a focal point for contemporary research due to its substantial potential to enhance lift, reduce drag and improve overall vehicle performance. This ...

The video shows how Liberty Lifter can combine heavy-lift transport at the scale of a ship with the speed of an aircraft for fast logistics missions in a sea environment. Aurora Flight Sciences, which ...

Singapore’s ST Engineering is looking to expand beyond aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul into something it can call its own—and setting its sights on aircraft technology made famous by the ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on 1 February selected two companies to design wing-in-ground effect (WIG) concepts for Phase 1 of the Liberty Lifter programme. The 18-month ...

The original F1 ground effect era (late 1970s-early 1980s) used inverted wings and side skirts to create powerful suction, ...