Liberty Lifter

Overview

The Liberty Lifter was a U.S. military Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project, launched in mid-2022, to develop a low-cost seaplane that uses the ground effect to travel long distances. Like the Soviet-era ekranoplan design the A-90 Orlyonok, the Liberty Lifter aircraft was expected to operate in moderate to rough sea states, and be able to fly out of ground effect.