AJAX RUNS INTO TROUBLE

摘要

THE Ajax that was unsuccessfully proposed by General Dynamics Land Systems for the ADF's Project Land 400 Phase 3 is facing serious problems in meeting the requirements of the UK's £5.5 billion (A$10 billion) armoured vehicle program. The UK signed a contract for 589 of the tracked Ajax platforms in six variants in 2014 but after expenditure to date of £3.7 billion only 14 vehicles have been delivered for trial - in this instance the Ares troop-carrying reconnaissance variant. According to a leaked report by the government's Infrastructure and Projects Authority quoted by the BBC, problems have continued with the turret and the 40mm case telescoped gun of the main Ajax vehicle.