Systems, and ASCOD SV, offered by General Dynamics UK, were put forward as potential reconnaissance vehicles and were awarded assessment-phase contracts in November 2008. In July 2009, the MoD invited BAE Systems and General Dynamics UK to help it develop new reconnaissance vehicles for the British Army as part of the FRES Scout Vehicles programme. On 22 March 2010, the MoD announced that General Dynamics UK had been awarded a development contract to build the SCOUT SV. BAE Systems had fought to reverse the decision by announcing it would move manufacture from Sweden to its Newcastle factory. The £500M contract for the demonstration phase of 7 prototype vehicles was announced on 1 July 2010. Trials were expected to start in 2013. The PMRS version of Scout was revealed during the 2014 exhibition. In September 2014, the British Ministry of Defence will sign a £3.5 billion (US $5.8 billion) deal with General Dynamics UK for 589 Scout SV platforms. These will include Reconnaissance and Strike variants, Joint Fire Control variants, Ground Based Surveillance variants, Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) variants, Command and Control (C2) variants, Formation Reconnaissance Overwatch variants, Engineer Reconnaissance variants, Recovery and Repair variants. Scout SV was later renamed as Ajax. See also Mechanised Infantry Vehicle MOWAG Piranha family tree Stryker Freccia IFV Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles BCT Ground Combat Vehicle Program References External links General Dynamics SCOUT SV FRES SV on Armedforces.co.uk Armoured fighting vehicles of the post–Cold War period Armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom United Kingdom defence procurement