Well, I continue to follow the
AJAX and its variants most notably the
ARIES.
There's nothing newer out on the web to include from MOD. There is however another source that's reporting the same as I posted several months back (
3/or 4 posts above this one.) concerning
FOC etc.
"Alex Chalk,
UK minister for defense procurement announced the
IOC reset today (Somewhere between
July to Dec 2025 per para 1) in an
update to parliament and also
confirmed that FOC has been scheduled to take place
between October 2028 and September 2029."
This will have a profound effect on
ARIES as they share a
common platform.
"Overall, the British Army will receive up to six Ajax variants, with the vehicle set to become the service’s first fully digitized platform. It will primarily serve in a Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (
ISTAR) role, integrated with a 40mm-stabilized cannon and a primary sight fitted with “imaging technology capability” allowing it to detect and engage targets at “
far greater ranges” than legacy platforms, according to GDLS-UK company literature."
The "
ISTAR" issue will involve more complex components to fulfill this role. In light of this I will review the "
+" positive impact it will have on the
FCS and
TI/GSR as previously stated. But for now, there is
no rush to do this based on the continuity of the narrative as being reported to include MOD from my previous post.
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/...-8-years-late/
Also, my weekly
ARMY News from the
Australian MOD last week confirmed that their
BOXERs will besides the
LANCE 40mm turret also carry
2 launchers for the
SPIKE-LR.
Don't get too excited because they've already reported the
BOXER dates and they are
very similar to the
UK AJAX/ARIES dates.
Regards,
Pat
