2023 Report details for project: Armoured Cavalry 2025
| Project name | Armoured Cavalry 2025 - there are 8 reports for this project: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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| Organisation | MOD (D17 ) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2023 (data is from September 2022) |
| Category | Military - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | The Armoured Cavalry programme is central to the Army's Integrated Review and Future Soldier. It will deliver a multi-role Ground Mounted Reconnaissance capability, centred on the Ajax family of vehicles and their training and support systems, into service with the British Army. The six Ajax variants deliver a step change in capabilities compared to current in-service vehicles in the areas of Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance sensors, multi-domain integration, lethality, protection, and mobility. Ajax will equip units in both Armour and Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Teams in 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. 589 vehicles will be delivered through a firm-price contract with General Dynamics Land Systems (United Kingdom). |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the IPA's DCA rating at 22/23-Q4 increased from Red to Amber. This is primarily due to the following factors. The impact of noise and vibration upon the overall programme schedule to Full Operating Capability has been significant. Significant effort has been made between the Army, Defence Equipment and Support and General Dynamics Land Systems UK to produce a jointly agreed, risk adjusted schedule. This is being used to reset programme approvals against increased confidence in deliverability, compliance, and value for money. |
| Start date | 2014-01-22 |
| End date | 2030-03-31 |
| Schedule text | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the project's end-date at 22/23-Q4 increased from 2025-04-30 to 2030-03-31. This is primarily due to the following factors. The time required to quantify, understand, and address the issues of Noise and Vibration has had a significant impact upon all areas of the programme, but most particularly upon the already delayed Ajax production schedule. A jointly agreed, risk adjusted reset schedule is in place out to Full Operating Capability. |
| Baseline | £458.44m |
| Forecast | £325.55m |
| Variance | -29.00% |
| Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. This is primarily due to the following factors: Delays in achieving an agreed Drop 3 Standard and the associated impact upon the vehicle build schedule. Turret Deliveries were also reduced in line with production causing a further underspend. The remaining in-year variance is split across Demonstration Phase Activities due to Noise and Vibration issues as well as Training Systems procurement; removal of Fire Support Overwatch assessment work and In-Service activities. |
| Whole Life Cost | £6,854.00m |
| WLCost text: | The project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 22/23-Q4 is 6854m. This is primarily due to the following factors. Re-profiling from earlier years and inflation, inclusion of contract change proposal assessments, potential requirement changes and an increase in raw materials and consumables. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2023.csv |
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