Lockheed Martin has secured a $647 million modification to a U.S. Navy contract for production and support of the Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs carried out four scheduled test flights of unarmed Trident II D5LE missiles from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the east coast of Florida between 17 and 21 September.
Lockheed Martin has received a $110 million contract modification for Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed systems support, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
The United States Navy has reached a significant milestone in its nuclear modernisation programme with the validation of Final Operating Capability for the SWS Ashore facility.
Northrop Grumman has successfully manufactured two thousand solid rocket motors for the U.S. Navy’s Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) system.
