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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

Commons · Question 120224 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Luke Pollard, 23 Mar 2026

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...