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Ajax Vehicles: Noise

Commons · Question 98880 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 9 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specific changes have been made by General Dynamics in the last five years to resolve issues related directly to noise and vibration identified with the Ajax programme prior to the declaration of Initial Ope

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 9 Jan 2026

A significant and in-depth review of the platform was undertaken by a joint Authority and General Dynamics team in 2020 -2021 to confirm the causes of noise and vibration, identify solutions and validate them through extensive testing.The Ajax platforms w...