AJAX Scout SV General Dynamics

Reconnaissance tracked armored vehicle with 40mm cannon - United Kingdom

The AJAX, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a program for the British Army to provide a new generation of light-tracked reconnaissance armored vehicles family. The Scout SV program is led by the Company General Dynamics UK with the goal to replace the CVRT (light armored vehicle) fleet of the British Army and to be the British Army's Tracked Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance. The Ajax is a development of the ASCOD armored fighting vehicle used by the Spanish and Austrian armed forces. The AJAX variant will be the medium-weight core of the British Army’s deployable all-weather intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability. In June 2014, at the DVD (Defence Vehicle Dynamics) exhibition which was held in Millbrook (United Kingdom), General Dynamics unveiled the first pre-production prototype SCOUT Specialist Vehicle in Reconnaissance variant PMRS (Protected Mobility Recce Support). Each SCOUT SV platform variant will be a highly agile, tracked, medium-weight armored fighting vehicle, providing British troops with state-of-the-art protection. AJAX SCOUT SV vehicles are developed upon a highly adaptable and capable Common Base Platform, maximizing commonality in mobility, electronic architecture, and survivability that ensure the British Army has a family of world-class platforms. Scout SV provides commanders with a survivable and capable GMMR (Ground Mounted Manned Reconnaissance) platform, which gives them the flexibility to perform a range of roles across the spectrum of conflict. SCOUT's primary role is to provide accurate and timely information to support decision-making at all levels. It integrates a range of leading-edge technologies to provide an optimized survivable, lethal and agile ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) platform. At DSEI 2015, the International Defense Exhibition in London (UK), the Scout SV received its new official name, the AJAX. Under a contract awarded late in 2014, General Dynamics UK will build a total of 589 Scout SVs for the British army, with deliveries running from 2017 through to 2024. There will be parallel trials and production. The training establishment and first squadron will be equipped by mid-2019 to allow conversion to begin with a brigade ready to deploy from the end of 2020. In September 2018 at the DVD defense exhibition in Millbrook United Kingdom, General Dynamics displayed four variants of the AJAX program including the AJAX intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) vehicle, APOLLO used to tow battlefield damaged vehicles and lift heavy sub-assemblies, ATLAS tracked Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and ARES formerly called PMRS Protected Mobility Reconnaissance vehicle, used to deliver and support specialist troops across the battlefield. General Dynamics Land Systems–UK demonstrated the capabilities of the AJAX Family of Tracked Armored Vehicles at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), in September 2019. In April 2021, GDELS announced that the live-fire trials with the Ajax 40mm turret took place in Lulworth in February 2021. In September 2023, the British army conducted its first military exercise with the Ajax reconnaissance armored vehicle. On January 21, 2024, British soldiers from the Household Cavalry of the British Army Royal Armoured Corps successfully tested the new AJAX reconnaissance tracked armored vehicle under the extreme cold conditions of Sweden.

Ajax General Dynamics variants:

- ARES / Scout SV - PMRS: Protected Mobility Recce Support
- Apollo / Scout SV - Repair: Repair armored vehicle
- Atlas / Scout SV - Recovery: Armoured recovery vehicle
- ARGUS / Scout SV - Engineer: Armoured engineer vehicle
- ATHENA - Scout SV - command post: Command post armored vehicle

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