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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 4 February 2026UIN 108884

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 106072 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the issue raised in the post-exercise report for Exercise Scorpion Cyclone on the inability of the vehicle CES to be carried by the vehicle whilst up-armoured.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Feedback from user experience in trials and during exercises will continue to inform updates to Ajax including Capability Drop 4. It would not be appropriate to comment on the specifics around the capability and its armoured configurations due to operationally sensitivities.

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