UK Ajax spending exceeds GBP2 billion

摘要

UK spending on the Ajax AFV programme exceeded GBP2.135 billion (USD2.784 billion) up to April 2019 despite none having been handed over to front-line British Army units, defence procurement minister Jeremy Quin told parliament on 4 March. Quin detailed in a written ministerial answer the annual spending on the project since 2012, covering the period of the programme's demonstration and manufacturing phase. The UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Equipment Plan, published in February, forecast the total cost of the Ajax programme at GBP5.382 billion.