Boats have come a very long way indeed since ... In the past, the U.S. Navy has used hydrofoils. According to Naval History and Heritage Command, the tremendous threat posed by submarines in ...

the US Navy and Coast Guard launched a relentless campaign to intercept North Vietnamese supply routes at sea, and two extraordinary vessels stood out from the rest: the hydrofoil patrol boats USS ...

A few are hydrofoils, whose hulls rise above the water as they gain speed. The fastest of them all is a Soviet-era plane-boat hybrid. The largest of the fastest warships are U.S. Navy Littoral ...

The contractor is demoing the boats for a US Navy security contract in San Diego ... allowing the vessel to outpace any hydrofoil application in forward and reverse operations.

But the hydrofoil boats hugely reduce the energy demands ... The computer technology – similar to that which steadies F-35 military aircraft during flight, and is also used in drones ...