“Lady Bird Special” Was the Lowliest of Air Force One Aircraft

President Lyndon B. Johnson used the small King Air to access his beloved ranch in Texas. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Adobe flash shutdown halts Chinese railroad for over 16hours

This is what happens when you RUN A RAILROAD NETWORK ON FLASH. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Putin Has Created the Ultimate Bond Villain's Lair

The sprawling, ridiculously opulent, and highly secured facility that is perched above the Black Sea is unlike any other on the planet. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Air Force Eyes Drones for Light Attack Roles as It Mulls Buying New F-16s

The future of the U.S. Air Force’s tactical aircraft fleet is under review, with some radical ideas under discussion. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Pilot Says Jet Pack Guy over Los Angeles Looked Just Like This Crazy Drone

Months after the first sighting of the jet pack guy over Southern California, we get new insights into the official investigation into the incidents. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

General Atomics' Stealthy Avenger Drone Flies with Infrared Search and Track Pod

The Legion Pod gives the Avenger a way to spot and track even stealthy aircraft and provides a way to quickly add in other new capabilities. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

White House Accelerates Development of Mini Nuclear Reactors

The order looks to accelerate and integrate the development of highly mobile nuclear reactors for space and the terrestrial battlefield. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Sondors’ New Electric Motorcycle Is a $5k Urban Commuter with 80 Miles of Range

It weighs just 200 pounds and features a swappable battery. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Military Helicopters Landing on DTLA Rooftops Last Night

The flight activity looked very similar to past urban training exercises that Army special operations aviation units have conducted in Los Angeles. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Behold the SR-71 Blackbird's Nest at Dawn

Two of the historic SR-71 Blackbird hangars that once lined Beale Air Force's Base's main apron are still standing today. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Pristine GM EV1 Preserved by University Caretaker

It's quite possibly the nicest EV1 left outside a museum—or Francis Ford Coppola's garage. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

110 Years Ago, Electric Cars Were Already Shuttling Folks Under the US Capitol

The iconic American building had the first-ever Hyperloop, and it featured electric Studebaker cars. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

The Mysterious Dark Helicopters That Have Been Circling Los Angeles

The dark gray helicopters with no readily identifiable markings and unusual antennas have caught people's attention as they zip around Los Angeles. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

An A-12 Oxcart Spyplane Crashed Near Area 51 In 1967. How was it found?

Some people hunt for buried gold, a small number of others hunt for bits of titanium laced with aerospace history. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Motorcycle Chariot Racing Was a Real Sport

In the name of great Caesar's ghost! | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

New F16s Will All Be Sold in a Single Base Model Config at a Standardized Price

Lockheed Martin says the new sales concept will save time and money, both in the contracting process and when it comes to actually producing the jets. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Pentagon Puts F-35 Full-Rate Production Decision on Hold

With critical test and evaluation work still unfinished, the full-rate production decision will be left to the future Biden administration. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Crossing 2000 Miles of Siberia to Reach One of the Most Isolated Cities on Earth

Oh, you hit the fire road again with your lifted Wrangler? Cute. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

The B-2 Bomber Looks Positively Alien in These Images

Even though it was based on 1980s technology, America's stealth bomber still looks like it is visiting us from another world. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Wrenching Hero Adds DIY Koenigsegg Freevalve Tech to a Junkyard Miata Engine

One of the world's most common engines receives the same ultra-lightweight groundbreaking technology as the upcoming Koenigsegg Gemera. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

New Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads That Biden Calls a “Bad Idea” Have Been Deployed

Biden has opposed the Trump Administration's deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads on the Navy's Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

The McTrain: The Rise and Fall of McDonald's Plan to Conquer the Railroads

It sounded like a great idea—until it wasn't. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Christmas Present of Unmanned Ground Vehicles

The Army wants to acquire lightweight, low-cost unmanned ground vehicles to serve as robotic scouts and more. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

The First Armored Division Transformed Its M1 Abrams Tanks into Santa's Sleigh

It's the world's only enchanted sleigh that can fight its way onto contested rooftops. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Fictional 'Black Jet' Toys, Models, and Video Games from the 1980s to Today

All I want for Christmas is an F-19 stealth super fighter. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Emails Show Navy's 'UFO' Patents Went Through Significant Internal Review

The more we learn about the bizarre inventions Dr. Salvatore Pais patented on behalf of the Navy, the more questions we have. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

A Russian Il-76 Looks Like a Tie Fighter Pilot from Star Wars

There is a reason for the similarity. George Lucas designed his starships with elements of World War II aircraft, including glazed noses. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Ramstein Air Base in Germany Experiences Potential Incoming Missile Scare

It remains unclear exactly who caused the scare and where the supposed launch emanated from. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Russia Is Using Augmented Reality to Produce Its Su-57 Fighter

Increasingly high-tech manufacturing methods are being used as the production of the Su-57 Felon ramps up. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

New UK Police Speed Gun Can Read License Plates from Half a Mile Away–At Night

The gun itself can actually read plates from a whole mile away, but officers apparently turned that dial down. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

US Navy ship-launched missile costs

Arming America's fleet of fighting ships is an extremely expensive endeavor. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

It even has generator capabilities to provide an on-site electrical supply. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Italian Police Use Lamborghini Huracan to Transport Kidney 300Miles in Two Hours

I'm not sure there's anything more Italian than this. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Thieves Broke into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane

The criminals removed a hatch and made off with radio equipment from the strategic airborne command post. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Serbian Air Defenses Did Hit Another F-117 During Operation Allied Force in 1999

New details regarding the incident confirm long-standing rumors of an F-117 being damaged by a surface-to-air missile over Serbia. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

When told to get with the times or get out of the way, 150 out of 800 dealers reportedly took a cash buyout and walked away. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Aevum's Space Launch Plane Is A-5 Vigilante Sized, Its Claims Are Even Bigger

The rollout of a mockup of the Ravn X Autonomous Launch Vehicle concept was intriguing, but it also raised a lot of questions. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Rimac Tests Its Hypercar So It Won’t Brick Stoplights with EM Radiation

The 1,914-hp Rimac C_Two is the most powerful electric car to date. With that comes some challenges. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Uber Is Selling Its Autonomous Air Taxi Business, a Thing That Will Never Happen

Good luck with that, suckers. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Halo Is the Angel That May Have Saved Romain Grosjean's Life

The F1 driver suffered no head injuries, despite penetrating a guardrail. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Remote-Controlled Gun Turrets and the Killing of Iran's Top Nuclear Scientist

The scenario sounds like something straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, but lightweight remote-controlled gun turrets do indeed exist. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

How the Once Elusive Dream of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became a Reality

One of Lockheed Martin's top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Confessions of a C-2 Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery Pilot

A C-2 pilot describes how the workhorse Greyhound we know today was a very finicky and neglected aircraft years ago. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

There's a Ruined AMC Dealership That's Still Open in North Carolina

It has been 33 years since an AMC-badged car rolled off the production line, but that doesn't mean much to its last remaining dealer: Collier Motors. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Tesla Model 3 Crash Hurls Burning Battery Cells into Nearby House, Starts Fire

Another cell landed in a person's lap. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircraft: Report

The allegations suggest that European fighter manufacturers were also among the U.S. intelligence agency’s targets. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Centurion's Exploding Shells Are Still Engaging Rockets over Iraq's Green Zone

After 15 years, Centurion is still swatting artillery from Baghdad's skies. Today's engagement came shortly after the U.S. withdrawal was announced. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago

Chinese Long-Range Ballistic Missiles Struck Moving Ship in South China Sea

The test could represent the first full demonstration of a real Chinese long-range anti-ship ballistic missile capability. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 3 years ago