In the US, they create two projects of giant scranoplanes Libery X-Plane for the Army (photo)

The planes should be able to fly up to 3000 meters high, have a load capacity of at least 77 tons, as well as take off and land on water with waves up to 1. 5 meters. The Pentagon chose two teams to further process the Liberty Lifter X-Plane demonstration aircraft. About it reports The War Zone. The US Defense Defense Research Agency has selected two teams - Flight Sciences and General Atomics. Both they work on different projects for the first phase of Liberty Lifter X-Plane.

The Liberty Lifter X-Plane is aimed at creating a distant scranoplan-a dynamic air cushion vessel. The Flight Sciences team is working on aircraft more similar to traditional. The basis is a highly rolled wing and as much as 8 turbos. The developers note that their concept consists of an adaptive management system, which was created to perform operations on water and at low altitude. Protection from large waves is provided. It was introduced from the very beginning of work.

In turn, General Atomics has chosen a different way and work on a two -hull structure with a middle wing. 12 turbocharging engines are installed on the aircraft. They will be located behind the wing, not under it or in front. Both aircraft enclosures will be opened up to load and unload loads. Darpa notes that the first phase of the program will last 18 months. During this time, the teams must determine the design and capabilities of the aircraft to create a full -scale demonstrator.