Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will incorporate independent scrutiny of the outcome of Ajax validation trials.
The User Validation Trials are progressing well, having moved into the analysis phase to review the results from the dynamic testing. There are no plans to incorporate independent scrutiny of the outcome, however, the results will be reviewed by an expert group. The Ministry Of Defence expects to be able to confirm progression to Reliability Growth Trials by early December.