Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 76680

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

Tabled: 11 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

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Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 73562 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, how his Department defines specialist troops in this context.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The ARES variant is the common base for all the Ajax variants and will be used to deliver and support specialist troops across the battlefield. The term ‘specialist troops’ is used informally, and in this context refers to Anti -Tank Javelin Teams, Sniper...

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