The Liberty Lifter isn’t just another weird prototype - it’s a serious answer to future combat challenges. Built to surf the ...

Notably in the same week that a Chinese ekranoplan design emerged, DARPA announced the cancellation of its Liberty Lifter ...

The secretive Pentagon research agency says the Liberty Lifter programme has proven the viability of building an amphibian ...

If you've been hoping for a long-range, low-cost, heavy-lift seaplane using Wing-In-Ground effect (WIG), you'll have to be ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has reportedly cancelled the “Liberty Lifter” heavy cargo seaplane ...

DARPA’s new Liberty Lifter draws its name from the “Liberty Ships” of World War II, the cargo transports mass produced for use in the war and as merchant vessels afterwards.

DARPA has launched the Liberty Lifter project to demonstrate a leap in operational logistics capabilities by designing, building, and flying a long-range, low-cost X-plane capable of seaborne ...

The Liberty Lifter is specified not just to fly in ground effect, but with a service ceiling of 10,000 feet so it can fly over land. @clay, you're incorrect.

The first flight of the Liberty Lifter is planned for early 2028, the agency said. Share this story. Kimberly Johnson Related Stories. Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

The Liberty Lifter program, named for the Liberty supply ships of World War II, would fulfill a similar mission by carrying troops, equipment and supplies to distant shores.