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Ajax Vehicles: Noise

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 61037, tabled on 11 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ajax armoured vehicle continues to pose a risk of noise exposure to service personnel.

Answered on

18 October 2022

The safety of our Armed Forces personnel always comes first. The Ministry of Defence is working to validate the effectiveness of proposed modifications to address noise and vibration as per the contract.

These are conducted under a very tight set of controls approved by the Ajax Safety Assurance Panel that includes monitoring the health of those conducting the trials. All personnel involved in executing the trials are explicitly empowered to stop the activity if they identify a safety concern.

The Ministry of Defence will not accept a vehicle until it can be used safely for its intended purpose.