In the 1960s, Soviet engineer Robert Bartini envisioned a colossal Ekranoplan that could travel ... the need for runways or catapults. The design promised stealth, speed, and unprecedented range ...

In the 1960s the Soviet Union began experimenting with what ... But after decades of testing, the ekranoplan never became much more than a curiosity for American intelligence agencies to ponder ...

For friends-turned-cofounders David Zagaynov, Parker Tenney, and Isaac Baumstark, that fixation was the ekranoplan — a Soviet hybrid ... The team designs and manufactures the vehicles from ...