Lockheed Martin Space has secured an $850.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue work on the Trident II (D5) Life Extension 2 program, according to a Defense Department announcement.
The cost-plus-incentive-fee modification supports advanced design and development efforts tied to the Strategic Systems Programs’ Shipboard Systems Program (SSP) Alteration initiative, the Pentagon website said. The award modifies a previously issued contract and was issued on a sole-source basis, with one proposal received.
Work will be performed primarily in Denver, which accounts for just over half of total effort. Additional work will take place across multiple locations, including Cape Canaveral, Florida; Magna, Utah; Titusville, Florida; Elkton, Maryland; Culpepper, Virginia; Sunnyvale, California; Orlando, Florida; Clearwater, Florida; and Folsom, California, along with other sites representing smaller shares.
The effort is scheduled for completion by Sept. 30, 2030.
Fiscal 2026 Navy weapons procurement funding will fully cover the $850.4 million obligation at the time of award, with no funds set to expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Lockheed Martin won a similar modification in February from the fiscal 2025 Navy budget.
The Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile is a three-stage missile currently deployed on U.S. Ohio-class and U.K. Vanguard-class submarines and will be carried aboard U.S. Columbia-class and U.K. Dreadnought-class submarines in the future. According to Lockheed Martin, the aim of the Trident missile is to ensure the Columbia-class submarine’s strategic weapons system is credible until 2084.
During a deployment, the missile would be tipped with either legacy W88 warheads – a Trident can carry up to eight — or the W76 warhead designed by the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The newest versions of the warhead, the W76-2, are manufactured at the Pantex Plant in Texas.