[IronDuke99]

FRES has been one of the largest British MOD disasters of recent times (not a small thing to say). To be fair it was complicated by large scale UK involvement in Afghanistan and making any resulting vehicle survivable when hit by a mine or large IED.

So Ajax ends up about 40 tons (?) meaning A) it cannot be transported by air except, perhaps by the RAF C17 Globemaster aircraft(?) Anyone ??? and B) Ajax is roughly the same size as Warrior 2 will be, with the same main weapon system. Can UK afford two such similar sized AFV's ...

Even if the C17 can carry the Ajax, the RAF has a limited number of them. FRES was meant to be relatively easy to deploy and air transportable. The British Army wants 8x8 vehicles for the new Strike Brigades, but where to find the money for them even if they are largely 'off the shelf' overseas vehicles...