Progress in delivering the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability
Defence Committee
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Inquiry
This inquiry will focus on the procurement and use of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) and whether more must be done to ensure the Army’s ability to deploy an armoured division. It will assess how the Army envisages employing AFVs in future operations. This inquiry will: examine the procurement of AFVs, …
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Recommendations
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Conclusions
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Report
3
Oral sessions
1
Letter
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Events
Activity timeline 6 events
21 May
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21 May
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14 Mar
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3 Nov
2020
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Oral evidence
20 Oct
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Oral evidence
6 Oct
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Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
3 Nov 2020
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Brigadier (ret) Ben Barry · International Institute for Strategic Studies
20 Oct 2020
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Air Marshal Richard Knighton CB · Ministry of Defence
Jeremy Quin MP · Ministry of Defence
Lieutenant General Christopher Tickell CBE · Ministry of Defence
Mr Chris Bushell · Ministry of Defence
6 Oct 2020
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Carew Wilks · General Dynamics Land Systems-UK
Francis Tusa · Defence Analysis
Lee Fellows · Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill
Nicholas Drummond · Aura Consulting Ltd.
Peter Hardisty · Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL)
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth report: Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armo… | HC 659 | 14 Mar 2021 | 30 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Fifth report: Obsolescent and outg…
Despite having spent around 50% of the allocated budget (£800 million), the programme has yet...
Despite having spent around 50% of the allocated budget (£800 million), the programme has yet to place a manufacturing contract. The programme has a current in-service date of 2024 (originally planned for 2017) and is some £227 million over budget. …
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Government Response
The government notes the committee’s concerns regarding the Warrior CSP's failures, attributing them to technical challenges. It states that the Warrior upgrade has been cancelled as part of the Integrated Review and that a programme of acquisition reform, with new systems for lesson identification and checks and balances, is addressing these issues for future programmes.
Ministry of Defence
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Fifth report: Obsolescent and outg…
The first vehicles were originally due to be delivered to the British Army in April...
The first vehicles were originally due to be delivered to the British Army in April 2017, however this was delayed. In May 2020 it emerged that the delivery of the first batch of Ajax vehicles was to be delayed further …
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Government Response
The government acknowledged concerns about AJAX delivery delays, explaining that technical challenges related to digitisation, system complexity, and 40mm weapon integration are being collaboratively addressed with the Prime Contractor.
Ministry of Defence
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Fifth report: Obsolescent and outg…
It is alarming that for at least the next several years UK armoured forces may...
It is alarming that for at least the next several years UK armoured forces may find themselves overmatched by their most challenging peer adversary. During the Cold War, the British Army and its NATO counterparts sought to offset the numerical …
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Government Response
The government acknowledges the concept of overmatch but asserts it is not simply quantity versus quantity, outlining its modernization program to ensure the Army can overmatch adversaries across the battlespace and deal with new threats.
Ministry of Defence
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Correspondence 1 letter
21 May 2021
Letter dated 21 May 2021 from the Chair to the Minister for Defence Procurement regarding the Government response to the Committee's report on procurement of Armoured Fighting Vehicles
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