Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2024 to Question 15241 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, whether the revised contractual terms with General Dynamics related to the Ajax programme have changed the previous fixed price terms of the programme’s contract.

The Ajax contract was amended in September 2023 to embody a revised delivery schedule and definition for Initial Operating Capability.

The contract amendment also included a revised payment schedule and incentivisation mechanism but did not increase the value of the firm price contract.

The terms and conditions are commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be released.