Ekranoplane - Möglichkeiten und Probleme

[Quintus Fabius]

Die US Streitkräfte, spezfischer die DARPA interessiern sich für Bodeneffektfahrzeuge:

https://defence-blog.com/u-s-military-is...ect-craft/

The Pentagon’s research division, which is called DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), has released its request for information to industry seeking technologies that would support the development of new Agency’s efforts focused on novel seaplane and Wing-in-Ground capable vehicles.

A wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) also called ekranoplan (Russian – “screenglider”), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.

New details from the DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) confirmed that the U.S. military is wants something that is far faster than ships and with a higher payload than Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) and other maritime aircraft.

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