The Week In Technology, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2024

Liberty Lifter X-plane

Aurora’s proposed Liberty Lifter X-plane has a payload greater than the C-130’s.

Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences
Aurora Details Liberty Lifter X-Plane Design Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed details of the X-plane design with which it is competing for DARPA’s Liberty Lifter program to demonstrate technology for a wing-in-ground-effect seaplane that combines shipscale transport capability with...
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