Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
Commons · Question 120225 · 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, what remedies his Department has available should General Dynamics UK be in material breach of its obligations under the co
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...