Recommendation 26

The Department told us that it faced choices about the level of capability at initial and full operating capability milestones. It said it would look again at the definition of what was required, considering incremental development of the vehicles.55 The Department admitted it had already accepted concessions against the original requirement—for example, the reset agreement had included technical constraints around the armour and weapon system.56 We were extremely concerned that the Department would accept further reduced capability to achieve programme milestones. The Department said it would consider the Army’s future transformation plans and how Ajax fits into these.57