George Allison
@geoallison
Journalist | @gcu_alumni and Cyber Security graduate. | @NUJofficial member. | Editor of @UKDefJournal and prolific freelancer | Talks about 🚢s & ✈️s.
Absolute scenes in the comments here having an absolute nightmare
Spent the day at the Holland & Holland range in London getting a closer look at what @BDT__UK is offering for #ProjectGrayburn. Beretta’s modular NARP and the Finnish-made Sako, both pitched as potential SA80 (L85A3) replacements. Write up coming soon.
The last year in my defence journalism job has been one of the best years of my life. The things I’ve seen, the places I’ve been, and the people I’ve met have been incredible.
Spent the day at the Holland & Holland range in London getting a closer look at what @BDT__UK is offering for #ProjectGrayburn. Beretta’s modular NARP and the Finnish-made Sako, both pitched as potential SA80 (L85A3) replacements. Write up coming soon.
Tune into @STVNews this evening 📺 (1830) which comes live from #TallShips2025 ⛵️ #Aberdeen and features an interview from @hms_mersey 👇 🎥
Spent the day at the Holland & Holland range in London getting a closer look at what @BDT__UK is offering for #ProjectGrayburn. Beretta’s modular NARP and the Finnish-made Sako, both pitched as potential SA80 (L85A3) replacements. Write up coming soon.
Led by BAE Systems in partnership with Rolls-Royce, MBDA UK and the Ministry of Defence, the aircraft is the first crewed supersonic combat demonstrator developed in the UK in over 40 years. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-unveil…
I'm off to see one of the contenders for Project Grayburn tomorrow, this should be quite the experience.
Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer please.
The American mind can’t comprehend that 80% of car trips could be taken in a car like this.
@geoallison toured the facility just a few months ago. youtu.be/QpzMxyPvbXA
Three women have been arrested (31, 34 and 42) after Pro-Palestinian protestors drove a van into the fence of Leonardo UK in Edinburgh. Police say: "Officers were called to an ongoing disturbance in the Crewe Road North area of Edinburgh.” Enquiries are ongoing.
PA474 / LANC (PA474) has squawked 7700. Track: flightradar24.com/3b382210/ Photo: jetphotos.com/photo/11753233 #Squawk7700
Britain and France will jointly develop the next generation of deep-strike and anti-ship missiles to replace the Storm Shadow. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-and-france-…
This is the range of a Chinook, from the Cayman Islands, Barbados, and the Dominican Republic