The current generation Trident II D5 is used by both the US Navy and UK Royal Navy, equipped in the Columbia-class and the ...

Lockheed Martin is ensuring that the Trident II D5 missile is modernized and ready to operate on this new submarine class.

Under the new contract, Lockheed Martin will modernize the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile to create an upgraded Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) submarine-launched ...

First deployed in the 1980s, the Trident II D5 is a three-stage, solid-fueled missile with a nominal range of 4,000 nm (4,600 miles, 7,400 km) with a payload of multiple independently targeted ...

The cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification entails the design of the integrated, modernized missile, called the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2, which will be carried ...

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California in 2021. (1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Navy) The U.S. Navy’s ...

A Trident II D5 missile roars into the sky from the submerged USS Louisiana. Navy photo The Navy reported that the submarine USS Louisiana successfully launched a nuclear-capable Trident II D5 ...

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) off the coast of California. US Navy Photo The Navy is completing a milestone ...

Lockheed Martin said the Navy awarded the company a $383 million addition to its contract for development of the next generation of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System D5 missile. The company ...

Lockheed Martin was awarded $383 million by the U.S. Navy to develop the next generation of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile, the company said in a news release.