Liberty Lifter: Transforming Fast Logistics at Sea
Aurora Flight Sciences' Liberty Lifter seaplane concept combines transport at the scale of a ship with the speed of an aircraft. The video depicts a concept that can maximize efficiency by flying in ground effect and provide fast, heavy-lift transport that does not require an airstrip or shipping port.
Liberty Lifter is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that aims to design, build, float, and fly an affordable X-plane that demonstrates revolutionary heavy-airlift capability from the sea. The concept could transform fast logistics missions and provide sea-based search and rescue and disaster response.