Ajax armoured fighting vehicle

The Ajax, formerly called the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a group of armoured fighting vehicles developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army, a development of the ASCOD 2 vehicles used by the Spanish and Austrian armed forces. General Dynamics UK won the Future Rapid Effect System contract in March 2010, beating a BAE Systems proposal based on the CV90, and in September 2014 the British Government ordered 589 vehicles at a cost of 3.5 billion pounds. The family includes the turreted Ajax and the Ares, Athena, Apollo, Atlas and Argus variants, and it was renamed from Scout on 15 September 2015. Development and production were badly delayed, with deliveries to frontline units beginning in January 2025, and in December 2025 training was suspended after reports of illness among crews.