Un ekranoplano USA erede del "mostro del Caspio"?

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Un ekranoplano USA erede del "mostro del Caspio"?

Messaggio da Valerio Ricciardi » 2 febbraio 2023, 19:10

"The curve is flattening: we can start lifting restrictions now" = "The parachute has slowed our rate of descent: we can take it off now!"
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Re: Un ekranoplano USA erede del "mostro del Caspio"?

Messaggio da richelieu » 4 febbraio 2023, 15:49

Dal sito dell'USNI ...
The Pentagon’s emerging technologies research arm awarded two aviation companies contracts to develop seaplanes that would fly less than 100 feet off the ground and carry 90 tons of cargo more than 6,500 nautical miles, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
General Atomics, working with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, and Aurora Flight Sciences, working with Gibbs & Cox and ReconCraft, each won contracts to start design and development work for a prototype Liberty Lifter cargo aircraft, according to the DARPA announcement.
“The planned Liberty Lifter demonstrator will be a large flying boat similar in size and capacity to the C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
Goals include takeoff and land in Sea State 4, sustained on-water operation up to Sea State 5, and extended flight close to the water in ground effect with the capability to fly out of ground effect at altitudes up to 10,000 feet above sea level,” reads a statement from DARPA.
DARPA Awards Contracts for Long-Range ‘Liberty Lifter’ Flying Boat Design

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