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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the Ajax programme between December 2025 and April 2026.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
4 Jun 2026
Answer
9 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the Ajax programme between December 2025 and April 2026.

  2. 4 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence paid £97 million in line with contractual obligations for the Ajax programme between December 2025 and April 2026, to General Dynamics and other Suppliers. I am unable to publish details of the milestones and payment schedules as t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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