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The British Army’s Ajax armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) has undertaken hot weather trials in recent weeks, as the platform continues along what has been an extended timeline towards initial ...
The British Army Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) has outlined plans for which units will be the first converted to the General Dynamics UK Ajax tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle (ARV). In January, ...
“Ajax is an advanced, fully digitised, land vehicle system delivering transformational change in capability to the British Army. There are six variants in the Ajax family, all based upon a ...
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is given a demonstration of an Ajax variant at Bovington Camp, a British Army military base, on Feb. 22, 2023. (Ben Birchall/AFP via Getty Images) LONDON ...
Delaying this decision further, with a European industrial war ongoing would be dangerous and will cast more ambiguity on the future structure and operation of the British Army. 'If the Ajax ...
It is high time ministers made a decision on whether to scrap or stick with Ajax. 'Dragging out the indecision leaves future Army plans in limbo. Ministers are failing British troops and British ...
The plan to replace the British military’s SA80-series infantry rifle could be pushed to the right following confirmation from the UK government that Project Grayburn remains in the concept phase, ...
The Ajax armed reconnaissance vehicle (ARV) and joint fires observer vehicle (FOV) will soon enter operational use with the British Army after many years of delay. The British Army expects to achieve ...
The British army’s troubled Ajax armoured vehicle programme has “turned a corner” after more than two years of trials to fix noise and vibration problems, the defence secretary has said.
Ajax is armed with a 40mm cannon ... He hailed the progress on a visit to the British army's Bovington Camp military base in Dorset. After going for a drive in one of the vehicles, he told ...
The British Army's Ajax AFV displayed at IAV 2025. (Janes/Chris Petrov) The British Army's Ajax armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is scheduled to reach an initial operational capability (IOC ...