2017 Report details for project: Armour Main Battle Tank
| Project name | Armour Main Battle Tank - there are 5 reports for this project: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
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| Organisation | MOD (D17) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2017 (data is from September 2016) |
| Category | Military - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | To upgrade and extend service life of the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank, a key part of the Army's capability through to 2035. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | The recent Programme Validation Review (PVR) has proposed minor revisions to the overall structure of the Armour MBT 2025 Programme, of which Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (CR2 LEP) is the principal Project. These revisions make no amendment to the CR2 LEP itself. |
| Start date | 2014-12-04 |
| End date | 2026-06-01 |
| Schedule text | The principal element of the programme remains the CR2 LEP. Two bidders are on contract as at 3 Jan 17 for the competitive Assessment Phase (cAP) |
| Baseline | £6.37m |
| Forecast | £5.57m |
| Variance | -13.00% |
| Variance text: | Forecast was re-profiled to reflect a minor schedule amendment due to a slight delay of Contract Award. There will be a year 1 impact and budget and forecast will be aligned by the next decision point (-£0.6M). Other net minor revised cost estimates (-£0.2M). |
| Whole Life Cost | £744.79m |
| WLCost text: | The headline budget and whole life costs for the programme have remained at c.£744M throughout the reporting period. |
| Notes1: | Armour MBT 2025 |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2017.csv |
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