Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

(asked on 22nd February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to improve the delivery rate of the Ajax armoured vehicle programme.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
This question was answered on 5th March 2024

As a result of revised contractual terms with MOD, General Dynamics UK have introduced a number of measures designed to improve the delivery rate. These measures include:

- Extending the current shift patterns and building contingency throughout the production schedule;

- Optimising the build line to balance activity and recruitment of additional resource to anticipate potential pinch points in the schedule; and

- An increase in collaborative practices, such as the introduction of joint acceptance, to reduce overall timelines.

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