[1] Designed to be able to take off from the water and fly at high speed over long distances, it was to make true flights at high altitude, but also have the capability of flying efficiently just above the sea surface, using aerodynamic ground effect.

Bartini, in collaboration with the Beriev Design Bureau intended to develop the prototype VVA-14 in three phases.

The VVA-14M2 was to be more advanced, with two starting engines to blast into the cavity under the wing to give lift and later with a battery of lift engines to give VTOL capability, and with fly-by-wire flight controls.

The bureau supplying the intended battery of 12 RD-36-35PR lift engines did not deliver, and this made VTOL testing impossible.

The aircraft still resides at the museum in a dismantled state, where it still carries the designations registration number CCCP-10687 and the Aeroflot markings still remains as of today.