Wallace Declares Army's 'Troubled' £5.5 Billion Ajax Tank Order Back on Track
Ben Wallace is given a demonstration of an Ajax Ares Armoured Fighting Vehicle, by the crew on the training range at Bovington Camp, in England, on Feb. 22.
Photographer: Ben Birchall/AFP/Getty Images
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Better seat cushions and ear defenders are among improvements being hailed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as "turning the corner" for the "troubled" £5.5 billion programme to build the Army's new Ajax fighting vehicle.
The Ministry of Defence project to build 589 of the state-of-the-art vehicles has prompted severe criticism having been running for nearly 13 years without yet providing a single deployable vehicle.