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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 January to Question 100522, on General Dynamics, what additional steps were taken by the Army between 23 July 2026 and 15 September 2026 in order to assess that Ajax had fulfilled the

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
13 Jan 2026
Answer
13 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 January to Question 100522, on General Dynamics, what additional steps were taken by the Army between 23 July 2026 and 15 September 2026 in order to assess that Ajax had fulfilled the

  2. 13 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The programme met the pre-agreed elements needed for Ajax Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on 23 July 2025. Following this, the Army conducted further work to confirm the standard has been met which resulted in IOC being confirmed by the Army internally...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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