US EditionLiberty Lifter Ekranoplan Transport Program Scrapped by DARPA
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The plane should have transported payloads of up to 77 tons in the Pacific.
The US research project Darpa ends its ambitious Liberty Lifter project prematurely. The $98 million program was designed to develop a novel seaplane capable of transporting heavy military loads. (Read more)
Liberty Lifter Ekranoplan Transport Program Scrapped by DARPA
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, 2025, then corroborated by Defense News on Jul.9, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, commonly known as DARPA, called time on the Liberty Lifter […] The post Liberty Lifter Ekranoplan Transport Program Scrapped by DARPA appeared first on The…
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