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 ...

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 ...

The Navy is completing a milestone decision on the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile in Fiscal Year 2026 with delivery expected in 2034, Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe said Wednesday. “We’ve already ...

F-model of Javelin missile hits full-rate production with 2,100-missile order; Japan approved for $2.15B buy of Aegis Ashore missile defense systems; U.S. Air Force tests microwave, laser weapon ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A global security, defense and aerospace company said it plans to build a production facility in Florida and add about 300 jobs to support strategic missile modernization.

It's a particularly intimidating missile that's 44 feet long, 83 inches in diameter, weighs 130,000 lbs., and has a 4,000 nautical mile range. Moreover, each missile can house multiple W76-0/1/2 ...

The D5 missile, built and upgraded by Lockheed Martin for the Navy, is the most advanced ballistic missile in the world. It currently is aboard U.S. Ohio-class and United Kingdom Vanguard-class ...

The annual cost of the UK’s Trident II D5 missile inventory, which it shares with the United States at a facility in Georgia, was about $15.1 million [£12 million] as of 2015, according to a ...

The Navy reported that the submarine USS Louisiana successfully launched a nuclear-capable Trident II D5 intercontinental ballistic missile while submerged in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of ...