The UK’s Ajax recon vehicle has reached initial operating capability with the Queen’s Royal Hussars and Household Cavalry—years late and over budget. -At 38 tons, Ajax replaces the 12-ton Scimitar ...

AJAX is a new generation of armored reconnaissance and fighting vehicles developed by General Dynamics UK. The winner of the ...

LONDON — The British Army’s troubled effort to acquire reconnaissance armored vehicles is back on track, with the Ajax program now scheduled to achieve initial operating capability by December 2025, ...

Soldiers operating Britain’s next generation armoured fighting vehicles received medical attention for hearing concerns this summer, despite Ministry of Defence assurances that they are safe and ...

An Ajax Ares armoured personnel carrier on the Bovington training range during a visit by Wallace on 22 February. (Ben Birchall – Pool/Getty Images) The Ajax armoured vehicle programme has turned a ...

The British Army's Ajax armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) has reached initial operational capability (IOC), the UK Defence ...

Thu, Nov 6, 2025 The British Army’s newest armoured fighting vehicle has finally been given the green light to deploy on ...

The Ministry of Defence confirmed a "small number" of troops had reported noise and vibration concerns following trials on three variants of the 40-tonne, tracked vehicle.

A prototype of the British Army's Ajax vehicle is shown in 2016 near the assembly site in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. British defense officials have been scrambling in 2021 to address excessive noise and ...

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 — The ...