Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 18
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Our predecessor Committee first reported on the failings of the Ajax programme in June 2022.
Conclusion
Our predecessor Committee first reported on the failings of the Ajax programme in June 2022. It was told that the Army’s trials team had first raised concerns about vibrations in late 2019, and the Department rightly described it as “unforgivable” that soldiers had been injured because of shortcomings with its safety processes.34 It is astounding, therefore, that in November 2025 Exercise TITAN STORM was stopped when 33 soldiers reported symptoms from noise and vibration after operating in Ajax armoured vehicles. Five of those soldiers were still under medical review when the Department appeared before the Committee in March 2026.35