Ekranoplans are a curious class of vehicle; most well known for several Soviet craft designed to operate at sea, flying just above the waves in ground effect. [rctestflight] had accidentally come ...

We all know how a perfectly quiet life can be turned on its head by a disaster or an accident, natural or man-made. No matter their nature, such things are also something that brings people together, ...

Utah battery company Electric Power Systems (EPS) has joined an effort by start-up Regent Craft to develop a wing-in-ground effect passenger vehicle. EPS disclosed the partnership on 20 April, saying ...

Regent craft has a working 12 passenger version and has sales for a 100 passenger seaplane that would be about three times more fuel efficient than other planes. They do not need as much weight as ...

Rhode Island-based startup Regent Craft has successfully completed the first test of its full-size electric seaglider with passengers on board, validating the company's idea for a new kind of ...

Everyone knows that Russians have a knack for building some very oddly functional machines. One aircraft that never made it past prototyping is the Bartini and Beriev VVA-14, a vehicle meant to ...

The US military in the midst of a Pacific boom, as America’s military and political leaders focus increasingly on countering a rising China in the Indo-Pacific region. That means projecting power ...

Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV) recently put money into a Rhode Island-based startup which aims to sell a sea-skimming wing-in-ground-effect craft called “seaglider” to passenger transport and cargo ...

Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport (REGENT) has completed the maiden flight of Squire, an autonomous variant of the company's Wing-in-Ground Effect Seaglider aircraft that's being ...