The Squire Sea Glider is making use of something the world of defence has explored before, with Russia once leading the way in the 1980s and 90s.
The Sea Glider is a drone that’s being developed for defence missions that utilises what’s called the wing-in-ground-effect, or WIGE for short.
Ground effect allows flight just above water on a cushion of air, taking the vehicle below line-of-sight radar.
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