Wing In Ground Effect

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 ...

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As it prepares for a potential future fight in the Pacific, the Marines tell us they are watching the progress of a wing-in-ground effect (WIG) drone concept that recently had its ...

New Atlas: Watch: New animation shows wing-in-ground effect Liberty Lifter in action

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 ...

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New Atlas: Video: Airfish-8 wing-in-ground effect aircraft slated for service in 2025

Flightglobal: Regent looks to shake up military logistics with ‘wing-in-ground’ effect craft

China appears to have built a new prototype of a mostly ignored military aircraft; a Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG) plane. Also commonly known by the Russian word ekranoplan, it's a type of aircraft ...

autoevolution: Squire Becomes America’s First Military-Spec Wing-in-Ground Effect Craft to Take Flight

American company Regent announced it flew the Squire wing-in-ground effect military craft for the first time, also a first for the nation.

NextBigFuture: Regent Craft Wing in Ground Effect Could Revive Giant Cargo Plane Dreams

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Regent Craft Wing in Ground Effect Could Revive Giant Cargo Plane Dreams

There's a very discreet push these days to advance wing-in-ground-effect vehicles. Both private companies and the military are looking at ways of taking advantage of this technology to find new ways ...

Wing-in-ground effect aircraft: Extreme efficiency and low cost As we've seen with the fossil-fueled Airfish-8 and the battery-electric hydrofoiling Regent Viceroy Seaglider – not to mention Howard ...