The Defense Department last week awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. two contract modifications for work in support of the Trident II (D5) missile, a submarine-launched ballistic missile deployed on the United States’ Ohio-class vessels and the United Kingdom’s Vanguard-class submarines.
The Pentagon on Dec. 27 announced a $17 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to exercise an option for Trident II (D5) missile deployed systems support. The modification falls under a $27.5 million contract awarded last July for long-lead material, labor, planning, and scheduling in support of the Trident II missile production schedule. The work for the most recent modification will be conducted in Sunnyvale, Calif., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2017. DOD said fiscal 2017 Navy weapons procurement funds are being obligated on this award.
The second contract worth $8.8 million is a cost-plus-incentive-fee modification under a previously awarded contract for D5 missile production, field processing, support equipment development and production, and engineering, technical, and operational support services. Work will be performed primarily in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Sunnyvale, Calif., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2021.
Lockheed’s Space Systems Co. developed and produced the missile and is now leading the Navy’s D5 life-extension program work, which will extend the weapon’s life to 2040. The missiles can carry W76 or W88 multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles.
