One suggested cause of Britain's Ajax procurement problems was an "anyone but BAE" preference within government. In that view, the mature CV90 could have met most requirements and probably entered service sooner. In October 2023, Clarke's Army contacts gave conflicting reports of Ajax. Drivers and operators liked it, while passengers who had suffered hearing problems were much less favorable. These personal reports support a procurement criticism without establishing a comparative technical assessment of the two vehicles.
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Ajax and CV90 as a procurement-politics analogy
A criticism of the Ajax decision favors the mature CV90, accompanied by conflicting personal reports from Army contacts in 2023.