Committees

Progress in delivering the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability

Inquiry

This inquiry will focus on the procurement and use of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) and whether more must be done to ensure the Army’s ability to deploy an armoured division. It will assess how the Army envisages employing AFVs in future operations.   

This inquiry will:   

  • examine the procurement of AFVs, including how much has been spent over the last 20 years and the number of vehicles acquired  
  • ask which capabilities have been sacrificed to fund overruns in core armoured vehicles and what gaps are emerging with the Army’s AFV capability  

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.

Upcoming events

View all events

No upcoming events scheduled

Past events

Tuesday 3 November 2020
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Progress in delivering the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability - Oral evidence 3 November 2020
2:30pm
  • Brigadier (ret) Ben Barry (Senior Fellow for Land Warfare at International Institute for Strategic Studies)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 20 October 2020
10:00am Private
10:30am Public
Progress in delivering the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability - Oral evidence 20 October 2020
10:30am
  • Jeremy Quin MP (Minister for Defence Procurement at Ministry of Defence)
  • Air Marshal Richard Knighton CB (Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability) at Ministry of Defence)
  • Lieutenant General Christopher Tickell CBE (Deputy Chief of the General Staff, British Army at Ministry of Defence)
  • Mr Chris Bushell (Director General Land, Defence Equipment and Support at Ministry of Defence)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 6 October 2020
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
Progress in delivering the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability - Oral evidence 6 October 2020
2:30pm
  • Francis Tusa (Editor at Defence Analysis)
  • Nicholas Drummond (Director at Aura Consulting Ltd.)
3:30pm
  • Peter Hardisty (Managing Director at Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL))
  • Carew Wilks (Vice President at General Dynamics Land Systems-UK)
  • Lee Fellows (Vice President and Managing Director at Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

  • Email: defcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3113/6168 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA