Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT recently secured a contract to provide Life Extension 2 SSP Alteration advanced design and development for the Trident II (D5) program. The deal has been given by the ...

Trident II D5 missiles are currently aboard U.S. Ohio-class and U.K. Vanguard-class submarines and designed to carry multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle warheads.

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received a $207.5 million contract to provide the U.S. Navy with a new boost guidance system that will be equipped into the service branch’s submarine ...

While the Navy may ultimately engineer a replacement for its 1980s era Trident II D5, the missile is being modernized with improved electronics, ...

A Cold War nuclear missile will remain in service for a total of 94 years thanks to a US$383 million US Navy contract, with Lockheed Martin to modernize the submarine-launched Trident II missile ...

As leading U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin secured a multi-million-dollar contract to design the military’s next-generation Trident II D5 ballistic missile, the Navy is hoping to secure its ...

The Pentagon said missile testing is not routinely announced and information regarding the test launch of this kind of missile, a Trident II (D5), is classified prior to launch.

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 ...

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 ...