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The Aerocon Dash-1.6 wingship was a proposed American
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/ref> By the end of 1994, the Department of Defense decided that the design was too high a risk and did not offer further funding.
The Aerocon Dash-1.6 wingship was a proposed American ground-effect vehicle
A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle or ekranoplan (), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining su ...
intended to carry large cargos and thousands of passengers over long distances at near-aircraft speeds.
The vehicle was claimed to be able to carry a combination of of cargo and 2,000 passengers a distance of at speeds close to those of commercial airliners.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Adva ...
(DARPA) evaluated the Aerocon design, along with submissions from several other manufacturers, as part of a preliminary study of the concept during the 1990s to determine whether a billion-dollar program was viable, to develop a wingship for military uses. W. I.: Final Report, Chapter 2 - Introduction, pag2-1 – 2-2
/ref> By the end of 1994, the Department of Defense decided that the design was too high a risk and did not offer further funding.
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See also
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Design and develop ...
* Boeing Pelican
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Development
The Boeing Pelican ULTRA is intended as a Strat ...
* Caspian Sea Monster
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* HCA-LB
* Lun-class ekranoplan
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* Spasatel
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