By design, ACVs traverse roadless and otherwise impassable terrain. When it comes to military hovercraft, Fitzgerald admits they are considerably less fuel efficient than their boat or truck ...

One piece of promotional material provided to Military Times by the U.S. Army ... and the Hiller hovercraft’s dreams came crashing down. “Seven Hiller Flying Platforms in all are believed ...

A giant Russian military hovercraft made an amphibious landing on a beach full of stunned sunbathers along the Baltic coast. The massive 187-foot-long vessel, which rides on a cushion of air ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A massive military hovercraft took a beach by storm and startled hundreds of sunbathers in Russia. Sky News reported ...

Various helicopter builders at the time in the early 50s heard about this new flying platform concept and sought out the armed forces to win these contracts. If they got it right, the military would ...

But they were shaken up. “What are the reasons for such military activity on a Sunday?” one witness asked. The hovercraft, named for the cushion of air that it rides on, can travel up to 68 ...

The Navy’s new hovercraft will be ready to deploy and ... Before joining Stars and Stripes, she was the military reporter for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va.