The Department of Defense’s mad scientist division is looking to develop a plane that can also harness the “wing-in-ground” effect. Nicknamed “Liberty Lifter,” the aircraft would skim the surface of ...

Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a new project, one that should be familiar to aircraft—and ship—geeks. The Liberty Lifter seaplane transport will harness the ...

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Romas Industries displayed a model of its Jangvogo JV-1 WIG aircraft at ADEX 2023. (Janes/Amit Kalra) South Korean firm Romas Industries displayed a model of its Jangvogo JV-1 wing-in-ground (WIG) ...

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 ...

A new low-altitude Wing-In-Ground aircraft (WIG), especially suitable for maritime transportation, has been developed by scientists from Tongji University. The plane can fly as low as 0.5 to 5 meters ...

The USSR Ekranoplan, or better known as the Caspin Sea Monster, was a giant ground effect aircraft that could hover above the seas. It was as big, used freighting new physics seemingly beyond ...

MALACCA: The state will manufacture the multi-purpose Wing-In-Ground (WIG) aircraft that can cruise little more than a few feet over flat surfaces, most often over water by 2017. Chief Minister Datuk ...

Chinese scientists have developed a "Wing-In-Ground" (WIG) aircraft which can fly long distances just a few feet above the sea surface, state media said on Wednesday. The plane can fly as low as half ...