Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 120224

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

Tabled: 11 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 115740 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, for what reason DEFCON 514 was excluded from his Department’s contract with General Dynamics UK for the supply of Ajax-fami

Answer

Luke Pollard

DEFCON 514 did not exist at the point the Ajax contract was placed. However, the narrative conditions included in the Ajax contract are at least as favourable to the Authority as DEFCON 514. If General Dynamics UK are determined to be in Material Breach o...

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