Russia will have giant Wing in Ground Effect Seaplanes patrolling the Arctic

 I would love to see Bombardier get into a joint venture with these Russian companies.  Canada needs its own fleet and we also need a commercial fleet as well.  Throw in Coaxial lift technology as well.

Bombardier already has full access to the most modern technology and combining with the Russians could readily build out a completely modernized.  It also nicely modernizes the mission of Canada' air force which has long since out grown its role as a fighter aircraft mission support.  That is all transitioning to drone based technoloogy.

The big job will be to build a nuclear based hover craft lift system able to match the carrying capacity of a large Container ship.  These vessels could easily thunder over the Arctic ice at at least thirty knots.  The underlying ice is lifted above the water inducing a crush and opening a usable passage.  Two passes could easily open a channel for the duration of the season if not year round..

Russia will have giant Wing in Ground Effect Seaplanes patrolling the Arctic 

brian wang | July 31, 2018 

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/07/russia-will-have-giant-wing-in-ground-effect-seaplanes-patrolling-the-arctic.html 

Russians have built the vast majority of planes that leverage Wing in Ground Effect. Flying low above the water or land can provide extra lift to enable planes with far more cargo capacity.

The Soviet Navy built about thirty 125 ton Orlyonok-class ekranoplans and they were deployed mainly in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea fleets. They were used from 1979 to 1992. There was also a few 400-ton Lun-class ekranoplan was built as a missile launcher.

In 2015, Russia’s Naval Aviation Chief Igor Kozhin expected to complete a standardized wing-in-ground-effect platform with a lifting capacity of up to 300 tonnes by 2020. There has been some work done but it is still in the conceptual stage.

A prototype of the Orlan wing-in-ground-effect craft armed with missiles is expected to be developed in Russia under the state armament program through 2027.

The giant ekranoplans will fly at about 250 miles per hour and will likely have a range of about 1000 miles. A 300-ton cargo capacity would be twice as much as a 747. These vehicles would give Russia far more control of the Arctic versus other countries.