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DARPA ends Liberty Lifter programme as agency scuttles plans to build heavy-lift flying boat
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Ryan Finnerty2025-07-10T14:16:00
The secretive Pentagon research agency says the Liberty Lifter programme has proven the viability of building an amphibian transport aircraft capable of operating in heavy sea states, but that it will not pursue assembly of a demonstrator.
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