Certainty needed over Ajax Army vehicles, say MPs

Welsh MPs have called for certainty and swift decision making on the paused Ajax armoured vehicles project, to protect jobs ...

Defence chief behind Ajax scandal should hand back £325k bonus, say MPs

Britain’s former weapons tsar must hand back £325,000 in “performance bonuses” over the Army’s catastrophic Ajax programme, ...
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Ajax armoured vehicle programme has ‘left its troubles behind’, says minister

The Ajax armoured vehicle programme has “left its troubles behind”, a minister has promised. The £6.3 billion Ministry of Defence project to build 589 of the advanced vehicles has been a source of ...
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Army halts use of Ajax vehicles after soldiers fall ill

The Army has paused the use of its Ajax armoured vehicles after soldiers became unwell from noise and vibration during a military exercise. About 30 soldiers became ill when training to use the ...
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Eight years late and £10m each: The British army’s controversial new Ajax armoured vehicles

The long-delayed Ajax armoured vehicle programme has “left its troubles behind”, a minister has promised. That is despite its £6.3bn price tag for 589 vehicles – a cost of more than £10m each. The ...
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UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Britain said it was pausing all trials of the Ajax fighting vehicle, the latest setback for the army's troubled 6 billion pound ($8 billion) programme after years of ...