Who makes the new Ajax tank?
General Dynamics
The MoD signed a contract for 589 of the Ajax vehicles in 2014 and has spent nearly £3.5bn on the programme. The fully digital vehicles, being assembled by US-based defence contractor General Dynamics in Merthyr, were promoted as the “next generation” of armoured vehicles.
Who is building Ajax?
The Ajax is a development of the ASCOD armoured fighting vehicles used by the Spanish Armed Forces and Austrian Armed Forces. The vehicles were originally developed by Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug and Santa Bárbara Sistemas in the early 1990s.
What is Ajax in military?
AJAX: The future of Armoured Fighting Vehicles AJAX is the next-generation of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV). Fully-digital and fully-integrated, it enables to soldier to ‘See First, Decide First, Act First’ on the modern battlefield.
What is the Ajax replacing?
AJAX will replace CVR(T) in reconnaissance roles. CVR(T) is expected to go out of service in 2023 and there may be a requirement for Warrior to be used in some reconnaissance roles until AJAX is brought into service.”
What will replace Warrior?
Boxer armoured fighting vehicles
In March 2021 the MoD confirmed that the CSP had been cancelled and that all of the British Army’s Warrior vehicles would be replaced by the middle of the decade with Boxer armoured fighting vehicles. In April 2021 Lockheed Martin announced that as a result up to 158 jobs would be lost at Ampthill.
Are army armored vehicles?
Some think of the U.S. Army as being all tanks and Humvees, but there is a lot more to the Army’s “fleet” of military vehicles–including aircraft and drones. Other Army vehicles include tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, and Armored Fighting Vehicles.
What is replacing the Warrior IFV?
The Warrior vehicle will no longer be upgraded, with the capability set to be replaced by the Boxer. It had been thought the armoured fighting vehicle would undergo a £1.3bn upgrade, with the changes focusing on the turret, an increase in the size of the cannon and improved stability and digitisation.