Aircraft and boats will be two tough sectors to wean off fossil fuels, since both require way more energy than is practical with current battery technologies. Ground effect vehicles like the Regent ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, recently picked two companies to design and build prototypes of the Liberty Lifter, a wing-in-ground-effect transport aircraft: General ...

The Federal Aviation Administration’s new funding law requires the agency to collaborate with the US Coast Guard (USCG) to define regulatory oversight of wing-in-ground-effect (WIGs) vehicles, a move ...

This wing configuration allows a wing-in-ground effect vehicle to fly at altitudes up to 50% of its wingspan, letting it rise higher when conditions are choppier where the Ekranoplans of the day had ...

The video shows how Liberty Lifter can combine heavy-lift transport at the scale of a ship with the speed of an aircraft for fast logistics missions in a sea environment. Aurora Flight Sciences, which ...

It’s a boat. It’s a plane. It’s both. The Liberty Lifter X-plane is a concept for a ground effect vehicle for “seaborne strategic and tactical heavy lift” according to the Defense Advanced Research ...

As the fourth week of the federal shutdown closed, Charlotte and other airports called for a ground stop to ease pressure on ...

A ground stop is in effect at Chicago O'Hare International Airport due to staffing issues, the FAA website said on Saturday ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a ground stop at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport ...

The FAA temporarily halted flights to Austin from the Fort Worth airspace region between about 12:18 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., aiming to prevent planes from stacking up in holding patterns. Some flights ...