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George Allison

George Allison
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George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison

Typhoons and a Royal Navy Destroyer team up with NATO allies for Romanian naval...

Royal Air Force and Royal Navy personnel have been taking part in a maritime exercise with NATO allies in the Black Sea, led by the Romanian Navy Fleet Command.

British military equipment plan facing ‘significant affordability gap’ say Public Accounts Committee

The committee calculated an equipment plan funding deficit of at least £4.9bn and potentially as much as £20.8bn over the 10-year £179.7bn equipment budget.

Scottish politician continues to foster outrage over ships that can’t be built on the...

Despite multiple corrections, explanations and pointers, some politicians in Scotland are astonishingly stoking outrage over ships that the Clyde can't build, not being built by the Clyde.

Coalition forces ‘look to deal final blow’ to Islamic State in Syria says British...

"The coalition will relentlessly pursue ISIS wherever they are until they are defeated," Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney of the British Army, the task force's deputy commander for strategy and support, told Pentagon reporters in a video briefing from Baghdad.

DARPA selects BAE Systems for optical seeker contract

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, has awarded BAE Systems a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate a new optical seeker for precision-guided munitions.

US military orders thousands of APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets from BAE Systems

The US military has awarded BAE Systems a $175 million contract for more than 7,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) Laser-Guided Rockets.

Second phase of US Air Force ‘Light Attack experiment’ underway

The US Air Force say that flying began on May the 7th for the second phase of the Light Attack Experiment. 

British 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade exercise with American 1st Infantry Division ‘ to redefine...

A Joint Warfighting Assessment has taken place in Germany, with the UK’s 1 Armoured Infantry Brigade exercising within the US 1st Infantry Division as part of a multinational exercise say the British Army.

Mark Carleton-Smith appointed new Chief of the General Staff

He will succeed General Sir Nick Carter as head of the Army in June of this year, say the Ministry of Defence.

HMS Blyth, HMS Ledbury and RFA Cardigan Bay visit Qatar

RFA Cardigan Bay and minehunters HMS Blyth and Ledbury of the UK’s Gulf mine warfare force spent a few days in Qatar this week.