Progress Update on U.S. Navy, Marines, DARPA, and USSOCOM Seaplanes
Jan 14, 2025 · Naval News recently sent inquiries to the US Navy, Marines, DARPA, and Special Operations Command for progress updates on their seaplanes programs
Seaplanes Are Back and They’re Cooler Than Ever. Here’s Why.
Jan 20, 2024 · After years of obsolescence, seaplanes are remerging with electrical overhauls and high-designs by names like REGENT and Icon Aircraft.
The Pentagon is developing a seaplane with the cargo capacity of …
Feb 3, 2023 · Now, two companies — Aurora Flight Sciences and General Atomics — have been selected to build it. The requirements for the Liberty Lifter call for a plane similar in size and …
DARPA Awards Contracts for Long-Range ‘Liberty Lifter ... - USNI News
Feb 2, 2023 · The Pentagon’s emerging technologies research arm awarded two aviation companies contracts to develop seaplanes that would fly less than 100 feet off the ground and …
ShinMaywa and USSOCOM Comment on the US-2 Seaplane - Naval News
Sep 8, 2022 · Naval News reached out to ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. in Japan to inquire on if the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) might be interested in their US-2 seaplane.
This new seaplane will transform heavy-lift transport
Feb 4, 2024 · Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, is making significant strides in its Liberty Lifter program, a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiative …
FAA mandates seaplane inspections after Puget Sound crash
Nov 3, 2022 · Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered seaplanes like one that went down in Washington’s Puget Sound in September be inspected for a flaw that likely caused the deadly …
DARPA Responds on “Liberty Lifter” Seaplane - Naval News
Jun 16, 2022 · The U.S.’s Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) is seeking an experimental “X-Plane” approach to create a new Wing-in-Ground (WIG) Effect seaplane to …
Mechanical issue caused Washington seaplane crash that ... - NBC News
Oct 6, 2023 · U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last year.
Report takes in-depth look at seaplane accidents - General Aviation News
May 16, 2023 · Funded in part by the Seaplane Pilots Association, the Seaplane Accident Analysis Report 2008 – 2022 offers a detailed accident analysis, addressing flight conditions, …