Watch The USS Little Rock Take The Plunge Of Her Life

Lockheed Martin officially launched the Navy’s 9th , the USS Little Rock (LCS-9). The almost violent side-launching affair took place yesterday at Marinette Marine’s ship-building facility along the Menominee River in Wisconsin. The occasion included all the typical ship launching fanfare, including broken bottles of champagne and politician’s speeches. The...

Apr 10, 2026

The Last Avro Vulcan Bomber Flying Just Pulled Off An Amazing Stunt

The end of the end is near for the famed The aircraft has been flying in private hands and with private funding since 2007, an amazing feat to say the least. Now, after flying more hours than any other Vulcan, this will be her last air show season. Crews are...

Apr 10, 2026

Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Bigger, Lockheed Buys Sikorsky

Defense mega-giant Lockheed Martin has stepped up to purchase Sikorsky Helicopters for $9 billion. If the acquisition is approved by the government, which it almost certainly will be, it will mean the same parent company that builds the F-35, F-16, C-130J and provides a giant mountain of other defense products,...

Apr 10, 2026

B-52 Makes Challenging Landing To Visit Oshkosh On Historic Anniversary

One of America’s biggest (both figuratively and literally) flying icons has never made it to America’s biggest air show,, until this year. The reason why? The B-52’s wing-mounted outrigger wheels are set apart almost as wide as the width of Oshkosh’s main runway, making landing there an even trickier affair...

Apr 10, 2026

What I Learned Riding 1000 Miles On A Motorcycle In 24 Hours

When I first heard about an under-the-radar bunch of road riders who rode 1000 miles in 24 hours or less just to earn membership in something called the , I thought, A thousand miles? In one day? That’s what airplanes are for. What’s wrong with these guys? So I decided...

Apr 10, 2026

What Motorcycle Gear Do You Use?

Experts in motorcycling and anyone who’s ever been in a bike crash will tell you: “Wear all the gear, all the time.” We’re curious about what your attire actually looks like when you ride. Do you hit the road in shorts or suit up like a power ranger for every...

Apr 10, 2026

This Is Israel's Top Secret Guided Missile Launcher Disguised As A Tank

Israel is known for its... shall we say, , and one of the oldest tricks in the book is hiding in plain sight. The Pereh, meaning “wild,” does just this by making itself look like a Merkava tank, but really it is a rolling guided missile arsenal ship that has...

Apr 10, 2026

Dirt Track Motorcycle Limbo Needs To Be An Official Sport

I mean seriously, how could you not want to watch this in a stadium on a jumbotron? The rider is none other than the UK’s own Alan Birtwistle riding at Dirt Quake IV. This really needs to be an official thing. ...

Apr 10, 2026

The Yamaha XSR700 Is The Ducati Scrambler Competitor We’ve Waited For

Ducati gets it. Honda is getting it. And now Yamaha nails it. This is the XSR700, the retro-modern roadster based on one of the best bikes in Yamaha’s stable. The XSR cribs the FZ-07 platform, taking the frame and 689cc parallel-twin engine and slathering it in one of the most...

Apr 10, 2026

SM-2 Missile Explodes On Launch From The Destroyer USS The Sullivans

The USS The Sullivans got more than it expected during a test launch of a SM-2 “Standard” missile today. The DDG-68 ship was sailing off the coast of Virginia performing when the missile was boosted out of the Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer’s Vertical Launch System cell and the SM-2 detonated...

Apr 10, 2026

The SR-71 Blackbird's Most Spectacular Flyover Was Also Its Slowest

One of the most legendary stories related to the SR-71 Blackbird has nothing to do with how fast or how high it could fly. Quite the opposite really, it has to do with how slow and low it flew, somewhat accidentally, the results of which was probably one of the...

Apr 10, 2026

Honda Reveals New Africa Twin In Video With The People Who Made It

I’d say it’s been a good week for fans of interesting motorcycles. First Yamaha announces their Ducati Scrambler-fighting , and now Honda reveals their new adventure bike in an unusual way — a video starring the team that built it. In addition to being the modern successor the famous adventure...

Apr 10, 2026

Awesome Video Showcases Historic Cruise For C-2 Greyhound Detachment One

The U.S. Navy’s Detachment One, the “Hustlers,” just ended a ten month long cruise with the USS Carl Vinson. This was the longest Carrier Onboard Delivery detachment since the Vietnam War. During the, with just 45 sailors and two C-2 Greyhounds, the Hustlers racked up some ridiculously awesome statistics: 724...

Apr 10, 2026

How The New Honda Africa Twin Compares To Its Dirty ADV Competition

We’ve finally got (almost) every detail on the , so let’s see how it stacks up to the rest of the larger, long-range off-road bikes in the market right now. Here’s a spec-for-spec comparison with a quick rundown on each of the new Honda’s real rivals. Most of these specifications...

Apr 10, 2026

Three Lockheed Lightnings Look Incredible In This Wild Photo

The F-35 Lightning II, the P-38 Lightning and the F-22 Raptor – which was originally named “Lightning” – are all fighters made by mega-defense contractor Lockheed. And being a mega–contractor, it has mega history. Here are those three planes showcased under a sky set ablaze with fireworks. Taken at this...

Apr 10, 2026