DARPA’s Liberty Lifter is reviving the ground-effect aircraft concept once pioneered by the Soviets. Developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing, it will operate just 100 feet above the ocean or ...

Images of what is claimed to be a Chinese version of the famous Soviet Ekranoplan have found their way on the internet. Technically called a wing-in-ground effect (WIG) vehicle, this is the first time ...

A grainy photograph posted to Chinese social media this month revealed what defense watchers believe to be the most ambitious ekranoplan built in decades. The aircraft — nicknamed the “Bohai Sea ...