Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Images of what is claimed to be a Chinese version of the famous Soviet Ekranoplan have found their way on the internet.

LONDON—French shipping company Brittany Ferries has signed an agreement with U.S. startup Regent to study the use of electric-powered wing-in-ground (WIG) vehicles for English Channel passenger ...

Russia has a long history of experimenting with wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicles, most notably the huge ekranoplans dating back to the 1960s. Now, Russian scientists are developing a smaller ...

‘Front Lines,’ Christopher McFadden’s’ column, examines warfare past, present, and future. McFadden analyzes cutting-edge military tech, and global defense policies, highlighting the forces shaping ...

A newly published request for information (RFI) revives DARPA’s on-again, off-again interest in revolutionary designs for wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicles once fielded by the Soviet Union’s ...

Images of what is claimed to be a Chinese version of the famous Soviet Ekranoplan have found their way on the internet. Technically called a wing-in-ground effect (WIG) vehicle, this is the first time ...