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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ajax armoured vehicles the Army will have taken delivery of by 31 December 2025.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ajax armoured vehicles the Army will have taken delivery of by 31 December 2025.

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 438 dated 22 July 2024. The Armoured Cavalry Programme (Ajax) is projecting the delivery of over 180 operationally deployable platforms by the end of 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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