The increased threat posed to European security by Russia has led to UK lawmakers intensifying scrutiny around British Army capabilities, which have been long been in the spotlight because of cancelled acquisitions, technical difficulties, contractor disputes, gross overspending and operational readiness issues.
The UK Ministry of Defence's Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation and the British Army announced on their websites on 9 February that the critical design review (CDR) for the Challenger 3 main battle tank had been approved ahead of schedu.