UK spends 1.54m on NATO ‘Wide Wet Gap’ crossing project – UK Defence Journal

John Healey,Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, recently inquired about the funding provided by the UK and Germany to the Wide Wet Gap Crossing defence procurement project.

TheMinister of State for the Ministry of Defence, James Cartlidge, replied that no joint funding has been provided yet as the contract is not committed.

The UK has spent 1,543,868 on the related TRITON project, while the German funding amount cannot be disclosed.

The information came to light in response to a Parliamentary Written Question.

John Healey, the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, asked:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding (a) the UK and (b) Germany have provided to the Wide Wet Gap Crossing defence procurement project.

James Cartlidge, Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence, responded:

The Joint UK-German programme to replace the current Wide Wet Gap Crossing capability is yet to commit to contract, so no funding has been provided jointly to date. The associated UK Project, TRITON, has spent 1,543,868 to date on requirements analysis and harmonisation with the German project, Schwimmschnellbrcke 2. We are not in a position to disclose the amount Germany has provided.

TRITON aims to deliver a modular, scalable and configurable bridging and ferrying system to enable Military Load Classification 100 (Tracked) and MLC 130 (Wheeled) crossing of wet gaps over 40m.

TRITON is an Equipment delivery project under the Next Generation Wide Wet Gap Crossing (NG WWGC) Programme led by Army Headquarters (AHQ), under Manoeuvre Support.

The Ministry of Defence say that the project fulfils a NATO commitment to provide a WWGC capability and will be operated by the Royal Engineers as part of a Multi-National Bridging Battalion.

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UK spends 1.54m on NATO 'Wide Wet Gap' crossing project - UK Defence Journal